---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, requires the pay period for state employees be no less than twice per month as determined by the commissioner of finance and administration; removes the requirement that the pay period be semimonthly. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23, Part 2."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, requires the pay period for state employees be no less than twice per month as determined by the commissioner of finance and administration; removes the requirement that the pay period be semimonthly. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 108"
citation: "Tennessee HB 108 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-01-13"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cf430ae-1555-4e6e-b21f-6b4804a60efe"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0108&ga=114"
source_hash: "53f6c792f00631dd06c93c948a8f0c5d50d8b844e52eca779320a51337decc15"
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 HB 108 (114) — State Employees - As enacted, requires the pay period for state employees be no less than twice per month as determined by the commissioner of finance and administration; removes the requirement that the pay period be semimonthly. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 23, Part 2.

## 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/HB0108.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (3) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/12/2025 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025 2/20/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-01-15** P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
- **2025-01-16** Ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/12/2025
- **2025-02-12** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-20** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/28/2025
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 82

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cf430ae-1555-4e6e-b21f-6b4804a60efe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).