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Bill Public Employees - As enacted, specifies that an employee of a county or municipality is not entitled to back pay if the employee is arrested and placed on administrative leave and then voluntarily separates from employment, even if the charges are dropped or the employee is found not guilty, or is terminated for reasons other than the arrest; requires that the records of the administrative actions be preserved. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 17. Public Employees - As enacted, specifies that an employee of a county or municipality is not entitled to back pay if the employee is arrested and placed on administrative leave and then voluntarily separates from employment, even if the charges are dropped or the employee is found not guilty, or is terminated for reasons other than the arrest; requires that the records of the administrative actions be preserved. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 17. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 610 Tennessee SB 610 (112)
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Tennessee SB 610 (112) — Public Employees - As enacted, specifies that an employee of a county or municipality is not entitled to back pay if the employee is arrested and placed on administrative leave and then voluntarily separates from employment, even if the charges are dropped or the employee is found not guilty, or is terminated for reasons other than the arrest; requires that the records of the administrative actions be preserved. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5, Part 2 and Title 7, Chapter 51, Part 17.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — 320 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/30/2021 (5) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/14/2021 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE CITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/23/2021 (6) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — 880 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Hurt — primary (person)
  • Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-10 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2021-02-11 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-20 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
  • 2021-03-23 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/6/2021
  • 2021-03-30 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-03-30 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-31 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
  • 2021-04-05 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
  • 2021-04-06 Action deferred in Senate State and Local 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 s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-07 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-13 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-13 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/14/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2021-04-14 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
  • 2021-04-14 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/21/2021
  • 2021-04-19 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/21/2021
  • 2021-04-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2021-04-21 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/27/2021
  • 2021-04-21 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-22 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2021-04-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
  • 2021-04-27 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
  • 2021-05-03 Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
  • 2021-05-03 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2021-05-03 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2021-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-05-05 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2021-05-07 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-05-11 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2021-05-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-05-21 Effective date(s) 05/18/2021
  • 2021-05-21 Pub. Ch. 470
  • 2021-05-21 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 470

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/85e9da0b-2fd0-4744-a90d-0ba95679d248. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).