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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "State Employees - As enacted, clarifies that full-time employees of the general assembly are eligible for a waiver of tuition and fees for purposes of continuing education for more than one course at a time if the employees work more hours each week than typically required of full-time employment for at least four weeks per year. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50."
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description: "State Employees - As enacted, clarifies that full-time employees of the general assembly are eligible for a waiver of tuition and fees for purposes of continuing education for more than one course at a time if the employees work more hours each week than typically required of full-time employment for at least four weeks per year. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 797"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 797 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["State Employees"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 19
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-02-04"
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last_action: "2025-04-08"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66faf68f-ca4a-4001-a6c3-228300de77e8"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0797&ga=114"
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source_hash: "0e5ca91cfbcc816a09e6cc9d597d26c1a9861ef9476d2954cfd508f639c6b70b"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 797 (114) — State Employees - As enacted, clarifies that full-time employees of the general assembly are eligible for a waiver of tuition and fees for purposes of continuing education for more than one course at a time if the employees work more hours each week than typically required of full-time employment for at least four weeks per year. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0797.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/27/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Haile — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-02-18** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2025
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- **2025-02-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/27/2025
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- **2025-02-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2025-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2025-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2025-02-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2025-03-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2025-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2025-03-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2025-03-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2025-03-26** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 04/03/2025
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- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 121
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/66faf68f-ca4a-4001-a6c3-228300de77e8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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