---
type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, expands bereavement leave for certain state officers and employees upon the death of certain relatives. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, expands bereavement leave for certain state officers and employees upon the death of certain relatives. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1285"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1285 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-06"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8673ef59-ec6c-4c76-86b3-60652f2e20c7"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1285&ga=114"
source_hash: "b8abec7513fe98f782bb39683566fe017f377168bda3e27c540438f5c632b065"
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 1285 (114) — State Employees - As enacted, expands bereavement leave for certain state officers and employees upon the death of certain relatives. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1.

## 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/SB1285.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-06** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-07** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-17** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 03/25/2025
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 74

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8673ef59-ec6c-4c76-86b3-60652f2e20c7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).