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HB1042 • 2026

Employees, Employers

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50, relative to employers.

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

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details about which sections of Titles 4, 8, and 50 are updated beyond mentioning that changes are made to these titles relative to employers.

Updating Tennessee's Employment Laws

This bill removes outdated language from Tennessee's employment laws that required private employers to comply with certain regulations by January 1, 2012, in order to receive economic development incentives.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes old wording about when private companies had to follow the Tennessee Lawful Employment Act to get help for their business.
  • Changes the law so it no longer mentions a deadline of January 1, 2012, for employers to be in compliance with certain rules.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Private employers who might have been affected by economic development incentives based on their compliance with employment laws.

Terms To Know

Tennessee Lawful Employment Act
A law that sets rules for private employers in Tennessee about hiring and employing workers.
Economic Development Incentives
Benefits or rewards given by the government to businesses to encourage them to grow or start up in a certain area.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if an employer is out of compliance with employment laws after this change.
  • It's unclear how many private employers were still affected by the original deadline when this bill was introduced.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  2. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  3. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  4. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  5. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  6. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  7. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  8. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  9. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1062
By Reeves

HOUSE BILL 1042
By Hale

HB1042
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 8 and Title 50, relative to employers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-1-707, is amended by deleting
"On or after January 1, 2012, in addition" and substituting "In addition".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.