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type: "Bill"
title: "State Employees - As enacted, removes the requirement for waivers to be used only one course at a time for academic courses that full-time state employees are eligible to take without paying tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees, registration fees, or online course fees; authorizes the waiver to be used for more than one course at a time. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8."
description: "State Employees - As enacted, removes the requirement for waivers to be used only one course at a time for academic courses that full-time state employees are eligible to take without paying tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees, registration fees, or online course fees; authorizes the waiver to be used for more than one course at a time. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1612"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1612 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5851b670-5b5f-4689-9a54-e3066fd3d81c"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1612&ga=114"
source_hash: "7c8805010f6a26ba68440a9eee887b2f968a80d83a341a75ab1be59a6decf3fb"
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 1612 (114) — State Employees - As enacted, removes the requirement for waivers to be used only one course at a time for academic courses that full-time state employees are eligible to take without paying tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees, registration fees, or online course fees; authorizes the waiver to be used for more than one course at a time. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 8.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0883** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0883.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0887** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0887.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1612.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/25/2026 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bailey — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2026-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-24** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2026
- **2026-03-25** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-03-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026
- **2026-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-06** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-06** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0887)
- **2026-04-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0883) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-16** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- **2026-05-05** Re-Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-05-06** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Pub. Ch. 826
- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5851b670-5b5f-4689-9a54-e3066fd3d81c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).