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HB0607 • 2026

Workers Compensation

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 50, relative to employment.

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Sponsor
Barrett, Hensley
Last action
2025-02-11
Official status
Sponsor change.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on the impact on legislative committees or other parts of workers' compensation rules.

Changing Meeting Summary Time for Workers' Compensation

This bill changes the time limit from ten business days to ten calendar days for sending meeting summaries of the workers' compensation advisory council after meetings.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time limit from ten business days to ten calendar days for sending meeting summaries of the workers' compensation advisory council after meetings.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The workers' compensation advisory council in Tennessee

Terms To Know

Workers' Compensation Advisory Council
A group that gives advice and information about workers' compensation laws.
Tennessee Code Annotated
The official collection of Tennessee's state laws.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if the summary is not sent within ten calendar days.
  • It does not change other parts of workers' compensation rules or processes.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  2. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  3. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  4. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  5. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  6. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  7. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  8. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  9. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  10. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  11. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  12. 2025-01-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 615
By Hensley

HOUSE BILL 607
By Barrett

HB0607
002559
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and
Title 50, relative to employment.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-6-121(j), is amended by deleting
"ten (10) business days" and substituting "ten (10) calendar days".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.