---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees - As enacted, replaces certain members of the state insurance committee, the local education insurance committee, and the local government insurance committee. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-201; Section 8-27-301 and Section 8-27-701."
description: "Public Employees - As enacted, replaces certain members of the state insurance committee, the local education insurance committee, and the local government insurance committee. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-201; Section 8-27-301 and Section 8-27-701."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 2536"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2536 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2026-02-03"
last_action: "2026-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8e844e67-df0f-480b-aa78-e4aec61d569a"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2536&ga=114"
source_hash: "34dc27921f94806664743db624a99f42bd1dd0d759fd1fa52e6b52b0bba0a55b"
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 2536 (114) — Public Employees - As enacted, replaces certain members of the state insurance committee, the local education insurance committee, and the local government insurance committee. - Amends TCA Section 8-27-201; Section 8-27-301 and Section 8-27-701.

## 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/HB2536.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 3/12/2026 Failed (2) — **0–2** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (3) — **19–4** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2026 Passed (1) — **70–23** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/30/2026 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/18/2026 Passed (4) — **5–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/18/2026
- **2026-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-03-04** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026
- **2026-03-12** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/16/2026
- **2026-03-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2026
- **2026-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-16** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2026-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 23, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-03-23** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-03-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2026-03-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-04-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2026
- **2026-04-24** Pub. Ch. 767

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8e844e67-df0f-480b-aa78-e4aec61d569a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).