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

SB 2024: Employees, Employers - As enacted, exempts from the requirement that wages earned by employees in private employment are due and payable no later than the fifth day of the succeeding month those employees who are employed on a piece-work or commission basis, and requires that compensation for such employees is due and payable by the last day of the succeeding month; makes certain other changes relative to employee compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1.

Enacted Last action April 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 617

Plain-language summary

SB 2024 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 22, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Employees, Employers - As enacted, exempts from the requirement that wages earned by employees in private employment are due and payable no later than the fifth day of the succeeding month those employees who are employed on a piece-work or commission basis, and requires that compensation for such employees is due and payable by the last day of the succeeding month; makes certain other changes relative to employee compensation. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1. Primary sponsor: Reeves. Most recent recorded action (April 6, 2026): Pub. Ch. 617.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Reeves.