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type: "Bill"
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."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 797"
citation: "Tennessee SB 797 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["State Employees"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 19
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/66faf68f-ca4a-4001-a6c3-228300de77e8"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0797&ga=114"
source_hash: "0e5ca91cfbcc816a09e6cc9d597d26c1a9861ef9476d2954cfd508f639c6b70b"
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 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.
## 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/SB0797.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/27/2025 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Haile — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/27/2025
- **2025-02-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-26** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 04/03/2025
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 121
## Source
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).