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

SB 1874: Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, removes a requirement that work be deemed suitable for a claimant if certain criteria are met and a claimant's gross weekly wages equal or exceed certain threshold percentages of the claimant's weekly wage for insured work for the quarter of the base period when the claimant's wages were greatest. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-303.

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

SB 1874 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 21, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Unemployment Compensation - As enacted, removes a requirement that work be deemed suitable for a claimant if certain criteria are met and a claimant's gross weekly wages equal or exceed certain threshold percentages of the claimant's weekly wage for insured work for the quarter of the base period when the claimant's wages were greatest. - Amends TCA Section 50-7-303. Primary sponsor: Johnson. Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1043.

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. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1043
  2. Companion House Bill substituted
  3. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026
  4. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2026
  5. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  6. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/7/2026
  7. Action deferred in Senate Commerce & Labor Committee to 3/17/2026
  8. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/10/2026
  9. Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/10/2026
  10. Sponsor(s) Added.
  11. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/3/2026
  12. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Showing 12 most recent of 14 actions. Full history

Sources

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