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type: "Bill"
title: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, for purposes of the retirement system determining whether a certain payment is includable as earnable compensation, excludes from the definition of \"earnable compensation\" compensation paid to a member from an eligible deferred compensation plan under federal law; makes other revisions to laws governing deferred compensation plans. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36."
description: "Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, for purposes of the retirement system determining whether a certain payment is includable as earnable compensation, excludes from the definition of \"earnable compensation\" compensation paid to a member from an eligible deferred compensation plan under federal law; makes other revisions to laws governing deferred compensation plans. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2251"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2251 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Pensions and Retirement Benefits"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 18
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/026e5a69-42d0-4cb9-a286-3604aca174a3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2251&GA=113"
source_hash: "346732109d0ae2a462ad9c9157273a54988f96585408332357197671b6792545"
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 2251 (113) — Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, for purposes of the retirement system determining whether a certain payment is includable as earnable compensation, excludes from the definition of "earnable compensation" compensation paid to a member from an eligible deferred compensation plan under federal law; makes other revisions to laws governing deferred compensation plans. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36.
## 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/113/Bill/SB2251.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2024 Passed (2) — **80** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stevens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-13** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/20/2024
- **2024-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-02-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-03-11** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-03-11** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-03-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-03-13** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-03** Effective date(s) 03/27/2024
- **2024-04-03** Pub. Ch. 605
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/026e5a69-42d0-4cb9-a286-3604aca174a3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).