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SB0756 • 2026

Pensions and Retirement Benefits

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8, relative to campus police officers.

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Sponsor
Yager, Powers
Last action
2025-03-03
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary text does not provide specific details about the number of affected officers.

Campus Police Officer Retirement Benefits

This bill allows retired campus police officers to be rehired in their position without losing retirement benefits and extends until June 30, 2027, the deadline for this provision.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a retired campus police officer to return to work as a law enforcement officer without losing pension or other retirement benefits.
  • Extends until June 30, 2027, the deadline for retired campus police officers to return to work without losing their retirement benefits.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Retired campus police officers in Tennessee

Terms To Know

TCRS
Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System, which is the retirement system for many state employees.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how many campus police officers might be affected.
  • It is unclear what happens after June 30, 2027, regarding reemployment benefits for retired campus police officers.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

  2. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  3. 2025-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee

  4. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee

  5. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  6. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

  7. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  8. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  9. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  10. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 774
By Powers

SENATE BILL 756
By Yager

SB0756
002397
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8,
Chapter 36, Part 8, relative to campus police
officers.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-36-809(a), is amended by deleting
the language "or sheriff's deputy" and substituting instead the language "sheriff's deputy, or
campus police officer".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-36-809(c), is amended by deleting
the subsection and substituting instead:
(c) This section is repealed on June 30, 2027.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.