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IntroducedFeb 02, 2026
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Tennessee House Bill
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.
Last Action See all actions
House • Apr 07, 2026: Sponsor(s) Added.
Latest Bill Text See all bill texts
House Calendar: 4/7/2026 Regular Calendar (8:30 AM CDT)
Position: 5
Summary
Comments on HB 2179
Tweets
Whip Lists
Sponsors
Votes
YES: 9
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 33
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 7
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 21
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 94
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
YES: 0
NO: 0
OTHER: 0
Actions
- Apr 07, 2026 | House
- Comp. SB subst.
- Sponsor(s) Added.
- Apr 02, 2026 | House
- H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2026
- Apr 01, 2026 | House
- Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
- Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/2/2026
- Mar 25, 2026 | House
- Action def. in Commerce Committee to 4/1/2026
- Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 4/1/2026
- Mar 18, 2026 | House
- Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee
- Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/25/2026
- Mar 11, 2026 | House
- Action Def. in s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/18/2026
- Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
- Mar 10, 2026 | House
- Sponsor(s) Added.
- Mar 04, 2026 | House
- Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/11/2026
- Feb 05, 2026 | House
- P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
- Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
- Feb 04, 2026 | House
- Intro., P1C.
- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- Filed for introduction
Documents
- Fiscal Memo for HA0961 (14756) - Amendment 1-0 to HB2179
- Fiscal Memo for HA0962 (15625) - Amendment 1-0 to HB2179
- Fiscal Memo for SA0581 (14290) - Amendment 1-0 to HB2179
- House Fiscal Note (Dashboard): Fiscal Note for HB2179 -- Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee 03/11/2026PDF
- House Supplemental (Dashboard): Scanned Fiscal Memo HB2179_HB 2179 (014290).pdf -- Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee 03/11/2026PDF
- Video: House Floor Session - 55th Legislative Day Apr 7, 2026 (01h 18m)HTML
- Video: Calendar & Rules Committee Apr 2, 2026 (00h 29m)HTML
- Video: Commerce Committee Apr 1, 2026 (01h 32m)HTML
- Video: Commerce Committee Mar 25, 2026 (01h 28m)HTML
- Video: Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee Mar 18, 2026 (00h 53m)HTML



