Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 2179: Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

In committee Last action May 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 845

Plain-language summary

HB 2179 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6. Primary sponsor: Justin Lafferty (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 5, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 845.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Justin Lafferty (Republican).