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type: "Bill"
title: "Public Employees - As enacted, establishes that a retiree who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have had a bona fide separation of service before the retiree is allowed to accept temporary reemployment without a loss or suspension of benefits in the retirement system; makes other changes to the present law relative to reemployment after retirement from public employment. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-213 and Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8."
description: "Public Employees - As enacted, establishes that a retiree who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have had a bona fide separation of service before the retiree is allowed to accept temporary reemployment without a loss or suspension of benefits in the retirement system; makes other changes to the present law relative to reemployment after retirement from public employment. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-213 and Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 251"
citation: "Tennessee SB 251 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-22"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2fc5877-5e37-4551-b125-3c1a626c464c"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0251&ga=114"
source_hash: "a4f08f17d04a59c77e0bd447b211d6111d1dafb4e33dcd42fe53a0588ddbfe15"
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 251 (114) — Public Employees - As enacted, establishes that a retiree who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have had a bona fide separation of service before the retiree is allowed to accept temporary reemployment without a loss or suspension of benefits in the retirement system; makes other changes to the present law relative to reemployment after retirement from public employment. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-213 and Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0251.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Yager — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-18** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-04** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-07** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-31** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-03-31** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-02** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025, 01/01/2026
- **2025-05-02** Pub. Ch. 159
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2fc5877-5e37-4551-b125-3c1a626c464c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).