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HB1366 • 2026

Pensions and Retirement Benefits

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 8; Title 35; Title 49; Title 50; Title 56; Title 66 and Title 71, relative to benefits.

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Sponsor
Chism, Akbari
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details about other titles mentioned in the candidate explanation (Title 7; Title 35; Title 49; Title 50; Title 56; Title 66 and Title 71).

Changing Pension Rules for Workers' Compensation

This bill changes the deadline from 30 to 45 days for members of TCRS to report final workers' compensation settlements or judgments to their pension system.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time limit from 30 days to 45 days for members of TCRS to send a copy of any final workers' compensation settlement or judgment to the retirement system.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Members of TCRS who receive workers' compensation settlements or judgments.

Terms To Know

TCRS
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, which is a pension system for state employees in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if someone misses the new deadline of 45 days.
  • It only changes the time limit and does not affect other parts of the workers' compensation or retirement systems.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  2. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  3. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  4. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  5. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1171
By Akbari

HOUSE BILL 1366
By Chism

HB1366
003281
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7;
Title 8; Title 35; Title 49; Title 50; Title 56; Title 66
and Title 71, relative to benefits.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-36-503(b), is amended by deleting
"within thirty (30) days after settlement" and substituting "within forty-five (45) days after
settlement".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.