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

HB 1216: Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases the hourly minimum wage to $20.00, or the federal minimum wage established pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, whichever rate is greater. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23; Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 50, Chapter 2.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1216 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Employees, Employers - As introduced, increases the hourly minimum wage to $20.00, or the federal minimum wage established pursuant to the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, whichever rate is greater. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23; Title 12, Chapter 4, Part 4 and Title 50, Chapter 2. Primary sponsor: Johnson. Most recent recorded action (February 20, 2026): Sponsor(s) Added.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
JohnsonPrimary sponsorNot applicable (committee)——

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Sponsor(s) Added.
  2. Failed for lack of second in: Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
  3. Action Def. in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/19/2025
  4. Sponsor(s) Added.
  5. Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/19/2025
  6. Action Def. in s/c Banking and Consumer Affairs Subcommittee to 3/12/2025
  7. Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
  8. Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
  9. P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee- Government Operations for Review
  10. Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
  11. Intro., P1C.
  12. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source