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

SB 190: Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires an employer that terminates the employment of an employee who the employer knows to be pregnant and who is covered under an employer-sponsored health benefit plan to continue to provide coverage under the plan until the employee’s pregnancy ends. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 71.

In committee Last action March 11, 2025: Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee / no second

Plain-language summary

SB 190 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Employees, Employers - As introduced, requires an employer that terminates the employment of an employee who the employer knows to be pregnant and who is covered under an employer-sponsored health benefit plan to continue to provide coverage under the plan until the employee’s pregnancy ends. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27; Title 50; Title 56 and Title 71. Primary sponsor: London Lamar (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (March 11, 2025): Failed in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee / no second.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: London Lamar (Democratic).