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SB0169 • 2026

Pensions and Retirement Benefits

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, relative to retirement for law enforcement officers.

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Sponsor
Bailey, Darby
Last action
2025-01-27
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on what happens if notification is not made in writing or how this change will affect existing benefits for other types of workers.

Law Enforcement Officer Retirement Notification

This bill requires employers to notify the retirement system in writing if they rehire a retired law enforcement officer.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires employers to notify the retirement system in writing if a retired law enforcement officer is rehired by them.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Law enforcement officers who retire and then get rehired by a different employer.
  • Employers of retired law enforcement officers who are rehired.
  • The retirement system that manages pensions for Tennessee's law enforcement officers.

Terms To Know

Retirement System
An organization that handles pension funds and benefits for retired workers, in this case, specifically for Tennessee’s law enforcement officers.
Reemployment
Starting to work again after being retired.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the notification is not made in writing.
  • It's unclear how this change will affect existing retirement benefits or rules for other types of workers besides law enforcement officers.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Withdrawn.

  2. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

  3. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  4. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  5. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  6. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  7. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  8. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 176
By Darby

SENATE BILL 169
By Bailey

SB0169
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8,
relative to retirement for law enforcement officers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-36-809(b)(7)(A), is amended by
inserting the language "in writing" immediately after the language "Notify".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.