republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-1641.md

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Bill	Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, makes a person ineligible for a political subdivision's former retirement plan in the TCRS if the person is hired after the political subdivision changes to any other plan offered by the retirement system; requires that any person wishing to establish service credit in the retirement system must establish such service under the terms of the retirement system plan that existed at the time the service was established and not at the time the service was rendered. - Amends TCA Section 8-35-253 and Section 8-37-214.	Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, makes a person ineligible for a political subdivision's former retirement plan in the TCRS if the person is hired after the political subdivision changes to any other plan offered by the retirement system; requires that any person wishing to establish service credit in the retirement system must establish such service under the terms of the retirement system plan that existed at the time the service was established and not at the time the service was rendered. - Amends TCA Section 8-35-253 and Section 8-37-214.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	HB 1641	Tennessee HB 1641 (111)	bill	Pensions and Retirement Benefits	enacted	Hicks Yager	1	37	7	2020-01-03	2020-07-02	openstates	ocd-bill/860138d9-15c9-44d9-b17c-55f593016aee	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1641&GA=111	20fd15784b2f43ccc666ceafc64586aea0a7b985526713f14bbaf5904b0bd0df	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1641 (111) — Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As enacted, makes a person ineligible for a political subdivision's former retirement plan in the TCRS if the person is hired after the political subdivision changes to any other plan offered by the retirement system; requires that any person wishing to establish service credit in the retirement system must establish such service under the terms of the retirement system plan that existed at the time the service was established and not at the time the service was rendered. - Amends TCA Section 8-35-253 and Section 8-37-214.

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 2/24/2020 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2020 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE & EMPLOYEES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/26/2020 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/27/2020 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/1/2020 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/1/2020 Passed (2) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/1/2020 5/29/2020 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Hicks — primary (person)
• Yager — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-03 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-14 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2020-01-14 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2020-01-16 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2020-01-16 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2020-01-22 Assigned to s/c Public Service & Employees Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2020-01-22 P2C, ref. to State Committee referral-committee
• 2020-02-11 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/18/2020
• 2020-02-18 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2020-02-19 Placed on s/c cal Public Service & Employees Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
• 2020-02-20 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2020
• 2020-02-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2020-02-25 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2020-02-26 Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/3/2020
• 2020-02-26 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-02-27 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2020-03-03 Meeting Canceled. Reset on State Committee cal. for 3/10/20
• 2020-03-04 Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/10/2020
• 2020-03-10 Action def. in State Committee to 3/17/2020
• 2020-03-11 Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/17/2020
• 2020-03-17 Meeting Canceled
• 2020-05-20 Placed on cal. State Committee for 5/27/2020
• 2020-05-27 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2020-05-28 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/29/2020
• 2020-05-29 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/1/2020
• 2020-06-01 Comp. SB subst.
• 2020-06-01 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2020-06-01 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-06-01 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2020-06-02 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2020-06-03 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2020-06-03 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2020-06-04 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2020-06-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2020-07-02 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 686
• 2020-07-02 Pub. Ch. 686
• 2020-07-02 Effective date(s) 06/11/2020

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/860138d9-15c9-44d9-b17c-55f593016aee. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).