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SB 1981 Enacted

Workers Compensation - As enacted, adds a requirement that an award of attorneys' fees and costs incurred when an employer unreasonably denies a workers' compensation claim or unreasonably fails to timely initiate any of the benefits associated with the claim must be based on a finding by the workers' compensation judge that the employer's conduct was unreasonable; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 50, Chapter 6.

Introduced
In Committee
Floor
Crossed Over
Passed
Enacted

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Chamber
Senate
Introduced
Jan 22, 2026
Last action
May 5, 2026 — Pub. Ch. 845
Session
114
Momentum
84 · Very high