---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, makes emergency communications personnel eligible for early service retirement when the employing entity has elected to offer this benefit; requires the employing entity to be responsible for 100 percent of any increased cost necessary to provide this benefit to the emergency communications personnel. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36."
description: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, makes emergency communications personnel eligible for early service retirement when the employing entity has elected to offer this benefit; requires the employing entity to be responsible for 100 percent of any increased cost necessary to provide this benefit to the emergency communications personnel. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2871"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2871 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pensions and Retirement Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Carringer"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f77ffdd5-29b7-4e2f-9186-7006032e4f89"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2871&GA=112"
source_hash: "675b97a490fc144bb613a201fc944176f96b281d7be259d54ed2f74be677f587"
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 2871 (112) — Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, makes emergency communications personnel eligible for early service retirement when the employing entity has elected to offer this benefit; requires the employing entity to be responsible for 100 percent of any increased cost necessary to provide this benefit to the emergency communications personnel. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2871.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Carringer — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 819
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 01/01/2023
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 819

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f77ffdd5-29b7-4e2f-9186-7006032e4f89`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).