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SB1981 Senate Bill
Passed
2026-03-12

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 6, relative to workers' compensation.

As introduced, waives an employer's, or the employer's workers' compensation carrier's, recovery of a reasonable fee for attorney's services and authority to have a subrogation lien in cases where the employee recovers from a third party in a workers' compensation case and the employer contested the medical causation, permanency, or extent of employee's work injury with a medical opinion other than that from the employee's form C-42 panel physician; makes other changes related to workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

Bill Details

State

Tennessee

Session

114th General Assembly

Chamber

Senate

Official Source

wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/Default?...

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Sponsors

Richard Briggs (Sen - R)

Action History

2026-04-07 H Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0
2026-04-07 H H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0962)
2026-04-07 H Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0961)
2026-04-07 H Subst. for comp. HB.
2026-03-16 H Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
2026-03-12 S Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
2026-03-12 S Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0
2026-03-12 S Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0581)
2026-03-10 S Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/12/2026
2026-03-03 S Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
2026-02-24 S Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
2026-02-05 S Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
2026-02-02 S Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2026-01-22 S Filed for introduction

Votes

2026-03-03 SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 Yea: 9 Nay: 0
2026-03-12 FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration Yea: 33 Nay: 0

Committee Referrals

2026-02-05 S Commerce and Labor
2026-03-03 S Calendar

Amendments

2026-03-04 SA0581

Bill Text Versions

2026-01-22 Draft
2026-02-02 Draft

Subjects

Workers Compensation

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