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SB0356 • 2026

State Employees

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 50, relative to state service.

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Sponsor
Harshbarger, Crawford
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide details on what happens if reports are not submitted electronically or specify broader updates to Tennessee's laws about state service.

State Employee Performance Reporting

This bill requires state departments and agencies to electronically send employee performance evaluations to the commissioner of human resources.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires each appointing authority of a state department or agency to electronically report job performance evaluations for their employees to the commissioner of human resources.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State department and agency leaders who give job evaluations.
  • The employees whose performance is evaluated.

Terms To Know

Commissioner of Human Resources
A person in charge of managing human resources for the state government.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if reports are not sent electronically.
  • The bill has not yet become a law, so it may change or be rejected.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  4. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  5. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  6. 2025-01-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 340
By Crawford

SENATE BILL 356
By Harshbarger

SB0356
001931
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 8 and Title 50, relative to state service.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-30-313(c), is amended by deleting
"report to the commissioner" and substituting "electronically report to the commissioner".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.