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SB0513 • 2026

Pensions and Retirement Benefits

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 3, relative to emergency medical services.

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Sponsor
Bailey, Sherrell
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The exact conditions that retired workers must meet to retain their benefits while working again are not specified in the provided official bill summary or text.

Extending Employment for Retired Emergency Medical Service Workers

This bill extends until June 30, 2028, the period during which retired emergency medical service workers can return to work without losing their retirement benefits.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes a law to extend the authorization for an emergency medical services employee who has been retired from TCRS for at least two months to accept employment as an emergency medical services employee without loss or suspension of retirement benefits if certain conditions are met until June 30, 2028.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Retired emergency medical services employees who want to return to work.
  • The Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) that manages retirement benefits for these workers.

Terms To Know

Emergency Medical Services Employee
A person who provides urgent care and transportation for medical emergencies, like paramedics or EMTs.
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS)
The system that manages retirement benefits for many public employees in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what conditions retired workers must meet to keep their benefits while working again.
  • Only applies until June 30, 2028, and may need further action after this date.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  4. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  5. 2025-01-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-01-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 628
By Sherrell

SENATE BILL 513
By Bailey

SB0513
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8,
Chapter 36, Part 8 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part
3, relative to emergency medical services.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-36-811(c), is amended by deleting
the language "June 30, 2025" and substituting instead the language "June 30, 2028".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.