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type: "Bill"
title: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, authorizes, from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2025, retirees who have been retired for at least 60 days from TCRS or from a superseded system administered by the state, or from a local retirement fund, to accept re-employment as a kindergarten through twelfth grade teacher, substitute teacher, or school bus driver without loss or suspension of retirement benefits if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8."
description: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, authorizes, from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2025, retirees who have been retired for at least 60 days from TCRS or from a superseded system administered by the state, or from a local retirement fund, to accept re-employment as a kindergarten through twelfth grade teacher, substitute teacher, or school bus driver without loss or suspension of retirement benefits if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2702"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2702 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pensions and Retirement Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Yager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f090f7f-65cb-4b96-845f-bc17ca93e02e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2702&GA=112"
source_hash: "b6b35e93b1d2e54634b4597ae6cc27f5363f24278405d63067d2cf23818475b2"
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 2702 (112) — Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, authorizes, from July 1, 2022, to July 1, 2025, retirees who have been retired for at least 60 days from TCRS or from a superseded system administered by the state, or from a local retirement fund, to accept re-employment as a kindergarten through twelfth grade teacher, substitute teacher, or school bus driver without loss or suspension of retirement benefits if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0572** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0572.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0634** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0634.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2702.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/23/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022 3/10/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **253** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Alexander — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0572) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-21** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0634)
- **2022-03-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 821
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 821
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f090f7f-65cb-4b96-845f-bc17ca93e02e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).