---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Government - As enacted, removes obsolete statutory references to the defunct joint select committee on veterans services of the general assembly; makes revisions to entities listed in the Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law; revises present law provisions relative to the retirement incentive bonus for public service commission employees; removes an expired report. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 34, Part 2; Title 52; Title 58, Chapter 7; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 4; Title 68, Chapter 142, Part 1; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Title 69, Chapter 10."
description: "State Government - As enacted, removes obsolete statutory references to the defunct joint select committee on veterans services of the general assembly; makes revisions to entities listed in the Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law; revises present law provisions relative to the retirement incentive bonus for public service commission employees; removes an expired report. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 34, Part 2; Title 52; Title 58, Chapter 7; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 4; Title 68, Chapter 142, Part 1; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Title 69, Chapter 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Tennessee SB 181 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Government"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3a4ba36c-cf5d-46fe-9a99-027492969a14"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0181&ga=114"
source_hash: "51c4f1129e552c815b5db7e91e9517e2b24043778da2642562e7b4faf433aaf8"
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 181 (114) — State Government - As enacted, removes obsolete statutory references to the defunct joint select committee on veterans services of the general assembly; makes revisions to entities listed in the Tennessee Governmental Entity Review Law; revises present law provisions relative to the retirement incentive bonus for public service commission employees; removes an expired report. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8, Chapter 34, Part 2; Title 52; Title 58, Chapter 7; Title 63, Chapter 6, Part 4; Title 68, Chapter 142, Part 1; Title 68, Chapter 11, Part 2 and Title 69, Chapter 10.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0145** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0145.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0315** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0315.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0181.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/1/2025 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/9/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-16** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-31** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-25** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/1/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
- **2025-04-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-04-02** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0315)
- **2025-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0145) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 308

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3a4ba36c-cf5d-46fe-9a99-027492969a14`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).