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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public Employees - As enacted, establishes that a retiree who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have had a bona fide separation of service before the retiree is allowed to accept temporary reemployment without a loss or suspension of benefits in the retirement system; makes other changes to the present law relative to reemployment after retirement from public employment. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-213 and Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8."
+description: "Public Employees - As enacted, establishes that a retiree who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have had a bona fide separation of service before the retiree is allowed to accept temporary reemployment without a loss or suspension of benefits in the retirement system; makes other changes to the present law relative to reemployment after retirement from public employment. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-213 and Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "SB 251"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 251 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Public Employees"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Yager"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-22"
+last_action: "2025-05-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2fc5877-5e37-4551-b125-3c1a626c464c"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0251&ga=114"
+source_hash: "a4f08f17d04a59c77e0bd447b211d6111d1dafb4e33dcd42fe53a0588ddbfe15"
+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 251 (114) — Public Employees - As enacted, establishes that a retiree who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have had a bona fide separation of service before the retiree is allowed to accept temporary reemployment without a loss or suspension of benefits in the retirement system; makes other changes to the present law relative to reemployment after retirement from public employment. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-213 and Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0251.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Yager — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2025-02-18** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
+- **2025-02-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
+- **2025-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2025-03-07** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2025
+- **2025-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2025-03-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2025-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2025-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026
+- **2025-05-02** Pub. Ch. 159
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2fc5877-5e37-4551-b125-3c1a626c464c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+