---
type: "Bill"
title: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, changes name of the \"council on pensions and insurance\" to the \"council on pensions\"; removes bills involving insurance from council's purview; removes requirement that bills reported out of the council have the council's committee amendments attached to be considered by the standing committee. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 9; Title 4; Title 8 and Title 67."
description: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, changes name of the \"council on pensions and insurance\" to the \"council on pensions\"; removes bills involving insurance from council's purview; removes requirement that bills reported out of the council have the council's committee amendments attached to be considered by the standing committee. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 9; Title 4; Title 8 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 708"
citation: "Tennessee SB 708 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pensions and Retirement Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hazlewood", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/360645a1-6e70-4b4d-987e-428d3385c02c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0708&GA=112"
source_hash: "0d0668506c126168f5e82c04fc8103ca1b4c794cbf0bf4f789fb3f7c887b1683"
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 708 (112) — Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, changes name of the "council on pensions and insurance" to the "council on pensions"; removes bills involving insurance from council's purview; removes requirement that bills reported out of the council have the council's committee amendments attached to be considered by the standing committee. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 9; Title 4; Title 8 and Title 67.

## 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/SB0708.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2021 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/31/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hazlewood — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-04-06** Action def. in State Government Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 303
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 303

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/360645a1-6e70-4b4d-987e-428d3385c02c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).