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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, makes police officers and firefighters who are members of the state retirement system eligible for service retirement upon completion of 25 years of creditable service. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37."
+description: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, makes police officers and firefighters who are members of the state retirement system eligible for service retirement upon completion of 25 years of creditable service. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 1237"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1237 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Pensions and Retirement Benefits"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Pody"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 9
+first_action: "2019-02-04"
+last_action: "2019-05-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e826b1d9-8033-4746-a6c6-14f030ca0c4a"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1237&GA=111"
+source_hash: "3156751b8d330cc00ea1e4d13ce012d663191243fe5be19c2bd563da72dbe3a8"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 1237 (111) — Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, makes police officers and firefighters who are members of the state retirement system eligible for service retirement upon completion of 25 years of creditable service. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35; Title 8, Chapter 36 and Title 8, Chapter 37.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0066** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0066.pdf)
+2. **Amendment HA0312** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0312.pdf)
+3. **Amendment SA0091** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0091.pdf)
+4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1237.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2019 Passed (2) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/9/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/20/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/19/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/24/2019 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Hulsey — primary (person)
+- Pody — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-03-13** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
+- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
+- **2019-03-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/26/2019
+- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
+- **2019-03-25** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/28/2019
+- **2019-03-25** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0091)
+- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019
+- **2019-03-26** Action def. in State Committee to 4/2/2019
+- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/2/2019
+- **2019-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2019-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2019-04-02** Action def. in State Committee to 4/9/2019
+- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/9/2019
+- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
+- **2019-04-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
+- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
+- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
+- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/24/2019
+- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0312) `amendment-passage`
+- **2019-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0066) `amendment-withdrawal`
+- **2019-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2019-04-22** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2019-04-24** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0312) `passage`
+- **2019-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2019-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2019-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 362
+- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 01/01/2020
+- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 362
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e826b1d9-8033-4746-a6c6-14f030ca0c4a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+