---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, requires the TCRS board of trustees to divest the retirement system from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by China; requires a local governing body to divest its political subdivision pension plan from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by China. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 15."
description: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, requires the TCRS board of trustees to divest the retirement system from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by China; requires a local governing body to divest its political subdivision pension plan from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by China. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 15."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 805"
citation: "Tennessee HB 805 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pensions and Retirement Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Grills"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2261e2f7-83bb-42c2-9e7c-774b3c64a905"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0805&ga=114"
source_hash: "c0bf951f87fe9c3425b7dceaa9a8c2274d2e7f8d2a9545a4e90648428ff203ad"
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 805 (114) — Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, requires the TCRS board of trustees to divest the retirement system from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by China; requires a local governing body to divest its political subdivision pension plan from investment activity it has in a company known to be majority-owned by China. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 15.

## 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/HB0805.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/26/2025 Passed (3) — **4–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **86–6** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2025 Passed — **17–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed (1) — **25–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025 3/20/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Grills — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-19** Meeting Canceled
- **2025-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 6, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-09** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
- **2025-04-28** Pub. Ch. 289

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2261e2f7-83bb-42c2-9e7c-774b3c64a905`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).