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SB0615 • 2026

Workers Compensation

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

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Sponsor
Hensley, Barrett
Last action
2025-03-18
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide information on the specific impact of this change or what happens if summaries are not sent on time.

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 workers' compensation advisory council meetings.

What This Bill Does

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

Who It Names or Affects

  • The advisory council on workers' compensation

Terms To Know

business day
A regular workday, usually Monday through Friday.
calendar day
Any full day of the year, including weekends and holidays.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if summaries are not sent on time.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect the advisory council's operations.

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    Sponsor(s) withdrawn.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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HOUSE BILL 607
By Bricken

SENATE BILL 615
By Hensley

SB0615
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.