---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes the state treasurer to develop, implement, and administer a program to award grants to eligible employers for the purpose of funding of a length of service award program. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-115."
description: "Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes the state treasurer to develop, implement, and administer a program to award grants to eligible employers for the purpose of funding of a length of service award program. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-115."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2342"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2342 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gant", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 49
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-06-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/87cce5df-d826-44da-8e6c-6b9d7c0b1176"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2342&GA=112"
source_hash: "cb0a7ea04b745c552860a0cf3c0ff34b49984bbae7852fdc5b9f79913c10849b"
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 2342 (112) — Public Employees - As enacted, authorizes the state treasurer to develop, implement, and administer a program to award grants to eligible employers for the purpose of funding of a length of service award program. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-115.

## 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/SB2342.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/8/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/21/2022 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/12/2022 Passed (1) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/8/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/1/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/19/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gant — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action Def. in s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-23** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-03-30** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-04-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-18** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-03** Effective date(s) 06/01/2022
- **2022-06-03** Pub. Ch. 1113
- **2022-06-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1113

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/87cce5df-d826-44da-8e6c-6b9d7c0b1176`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).