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

SB 289: Workers Compensation - As enacted, creates a presumption that the diagnosis of a law enforcement officer or emergency medical responder with post-traumatic stress disorder as the result of responding to certain incidents was incurred in the line of duty for purposes of workers' compensation coverage. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 50, Chapter 6.

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 289 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 24, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Workers Compensation - As enacted, creates a presumption that the diagnosis of a law enforcement officer or emergency medical responder with post-traumatic stress disorder as the result of responding to certain incidents was incurred in the line of duty for purposes of workers' compensation coverage. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 51 and Title 50, Chapter 6. Primary sponsor: Paul Bailey (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 480.

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

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Paul BaileyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate15

“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. 480
  2. Companion House Bill substituted
  3. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  4. Sponsor(s) Added.
  5. Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/22/2025
  6. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025
  7. Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025
  8. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025
  9. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  10. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
  11. Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 3/18/2025
  12. Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

Showing 12 most recent of 17 actions. Full history

Sources

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