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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 617

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 2024

                                                              By Reeves

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 1958

                                                  By Alexander, McCalmon

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 50, Chapter 2, Part 1, relative to employee
          compensation.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-2-103(a)(2), is amended by deleting
the subdivision and substituting:

                    (2) For each employer that makes wage payments once monthly to employees in
          private employments, all wages or compensation earned and unpaid prior to the first day of
          any month are due and payable no later than the fifth day of the succeeding month; except
          that, if an employee is employed on a piece-work or commission basis, then compensation
          earned is due and payable by the last day of the succeeding month.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 50-2-103(9), is amended by deleting the
subsection and substituting:

                    (g) Any employee who leaves or is discharged from employment must be paid in full
          all wages or salary earned by the employee no later than the next regular pay day following
          the date of dismissal or voluntary leaving, or twenty-one (21) days following the date of
          discharge or voluntary leaving, whichever occurs last; except that, if an employee is
          employed on a piece-work or commission basis, then compensation earned is due and
          payable by the last day of the succeeding month following the date of discharge or voluntary
          leaving. An employer shall not, by any means, secure an exemption from this subsection (g).

          SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to
wages and compensation earned on or after that date.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2024

PASSED:  March 9, 2026

                                      RAND,McNALLY
                         SPEAKER OF TH'k.SENA TE

                         CAMERO~XTON,SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

~ APPROVED this  day of  tY\,.rc.l           2026

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                         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR