# Tennessee SB 2024: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1, relative to employee compensation.

Tennessee SB 2024, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1, relative to employee compensation., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 2024
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1, relative to employee compensation.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Employees, Employers
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (41 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New pay deadlines for Tennessee workers: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2026, these Tennessee rules apply to wages and compensation earned on or after that date. Private employers paying monthly must pay wages earned and unpaid before a month's first day by the following month's fifth day. For piece-work or commission workers, that deadline is the fol…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-02-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/23/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | Senate | SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (17)

- 2026-04-06: Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- 2026-04-06: Pub. Ch. 617
- 2026-03-25: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-03-13: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-03-12: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-11: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-03-09: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-02-26: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-02-23: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/23/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/17/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0617.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2024.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2024.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0617.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2024.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2024.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2024-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).