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HB0939 • 2026

State Employees

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 1, relative to employment.

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Sponsor
Powers, Taylor
Last action
2025-04-02
Official status
Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Annual Report on Harassment Injunctions for State Employees

This bill requires the attorney general to report annually to state leaders about injunctions brought against people who harassed state employees in the previous year.

What This Bill Does

  • Adds a new subsection (c) to an existing law in Title 50, Chapter 1 of the Tennessee Code Annotated.
  • Requires the attorney general to send a yearly report by January 15th to the governor and leaders of the state senate and house.
  • The report must include information about how many times injunctions were used against people who harassed state employees in the previous year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State employees who face harassment
  • The attorney general, who has to create and send the yearly report
  • Government leaders like the governor and speakers of the senate and house

Terms To Know

Injunctions
Orders from a court that tell someone to stop doing something harmful or illegal.
Attorney General
A government lawyer who works for the state and gives legal advice.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how the information in the report will be used.
  • It is unclear if this new requirement will help prevent harassment or improve conditions for state employees.

Amendments

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Amendment 1-0 to SB0858

Plain English: This amendment adds a new section to Tennessee's state code that prevents any local or state laws from regulating employer-sponsored welfare benefit plans protected by federal ERISA (Employee Retirement Income Security Act) rules.

  • Adds a new section, 50-1-403, to Title 50 of the Tennessee Code Annotated, which states that no state or local law can regulate any employer welfare benefit plan covered under ERISA.
  • The amendment text does not specify what happens if a new state or local law conflicts with an existing one regarding ERISA plans.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee

  2. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025

  3. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025

  4. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  5. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025

  6. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025

  7. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/25/2025

  8. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0

  9. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025

  10. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  11. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  12. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  13. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

  14. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Insurance Committee

  15. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  16. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  17. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  18. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  19. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  20. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 858
By Taylor

HOUSE BILL 939
By Powers

HB0939
003015
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50,
Chapter 1, relative to employment.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-1-506, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(c) The attorney general and reporter shall annually report by January 15 of
each year to the governor, speaker of the senate, and speaker of the house of
representatives the number of injunctions brought against persons pursuant to this
section in the preceding calendar year.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.