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

SB 1309: Workers Compensation - As enacted, increases, from 30 to 35, the minimum age for an individual to serve as a judge on the workers' compensation appeals board; increases, from two to three, the number of additional terms to which a judge of the workers' compensation appeals board may be reappointed; makes other changes related to workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2.

In committee Last action April 4, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 86

Plain-language summary

SB 1309 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Workers Compensation - As enacted, increases, from 30 to 35, the minimum age for an individual to serve as a judge on the workers' compensation appeals board; increases, from two to three, the number of additional terms to which a judge of the workers' compensation appeals board may be reappointed; makes other changes related to workers' compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6, Part 2. Primary sponsor: Johnson. Most recent recorded action (April 4, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 86.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Johnson.