---
type: "Bill"
title: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, authorizes, until June 30, 2025, an emergency medical service employee who has been retired for at least 60 days from TCRS from a superseded system administered by the state, or from a local retirement fund to accept employment as an emergency medical services employee without loss or suspension of retirement benefits if certain conditions met. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3."
description: "Medical Occupations - As enacted, authorizes, until June 30, 2025, an emergency medical service employee who has been retired for at least 60 days from TCRS from a superseded system administered by the state, or from a local retirement fund to accept employment as an emergency medical services employee without loss or suspension of retirement benefits if certain conditions met. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2876"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2876 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Medical Occupations"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Williams"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-25"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8dd2741f-0f5b-4f2a-b54a-ab4e6867c314"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2876&GA=112"
source_hash: "7e75fbc50d9c8328550bd6eced13d62681ab2974018feebb3b42a84795b329a5"
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 2876 (112) — Medical Occupations - As enacted, authorizes, until June 30, 2025, an emergency medical service employee who has been retired for at least 60 days from TCRS from a superseded system administered by the state, or from a local retirement fund to accept employment as an emergency medical services employee without loss or suspension of retirement benefits if certain conditions met. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0686** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0686.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0627** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0627.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2876.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **88–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/9/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/30/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/9/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0686) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0627)
- **2022-03-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-25** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 827
- **2022-04-25** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-25** Pub. Ch. 827

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8dd2741f-0f5b-4f2a-b54a-ab4e6867c314`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).