Tennessee House Bill 2084

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-19 - No Action Taken
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, specifies that a person commits the offense of wage theft who, acting as an employer, hires an employee and intentionally does not pay the employee for the services the employee provides, at the minimum wage rate required under the federal Fair Labor Standards Act, this state's law, or the employment agreement between the employer and employee, whichever is greater, and at the interval required by those laws or agreement, whichever is more frequent. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 39, Chapter 14 and Title 50, Chapter 2.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 39, Chapter 14 and Title 50, Chapter 2, relative to wages.

Rep. Justin Jones [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-19	House	No Action Taken
2024-03-13	House	Placed on s/c cal Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee for 3/19/2024
2024-01-30	House	Assigned to s/c Banking & Consumer Affairs Subcommittee
2024-01-29	House	P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
2024-01-25	House	Intro., P1C.
2024-01-24	House	Filed for introduction

SB1982 (Crossfiled) 2024-01-29 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2084&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2084.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB2084.pdf