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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 552
SENATE BILL NO. 674
By Taylor, Bowling
Substituted for: House Bill No. 900
By Todd, Hawk, McCalmon
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 50, relative to the regulation of
employment.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-1802(e), is amended by deleting the
subsection and substituting:
(e) Subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), and (g) do not apply with respect to employees of a
local government.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 7-51-1802, is amended by adding the
following new subsection:
(g) The general assembly preempts and occupies the entire field of regulating the
terms and conditions of employment. Unless expressly provided for by state law, a local
government and any agency, department, or official of a local government shall not adopt or
enforce an ordinance, resolution, rule, code, requirement, or policy that requires a term or
condition of employment that exceeds or conflicts with the law of this state or federal law.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 674
PASSED: February 23, 2026
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