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SB0797 • 2026

State Employees

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, relative to continuing education for state employees.

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Sponsor
Haile, White
Last action
2025-04-08
Official status
Effective date(s) 04/03/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official summary does not provide specific details about the number of courses that can be waived, only implying it through context.

Continuing Education Waiver for State Employees

This bill amends Tennessee's laws to allow full-time employees of the general assembly who work extra hours for at least four weeks each year to have their tuition and fees waived for continuing education courses.

What This Bill Does

  • Amends Tennessee law to clarify that full-time employees of the general assembly are eligible for a waiver of tuition and fees for more than one course at a time if they work extra hours each week for at least four weeks per year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Full-time employees of the Tennessee General Assembly who work extra hours for at least four weeks per year.

Terms To Know

Continuing education
Classes or training that help people keep learning and improving their skills after they finish school.
Waiver
An official permission to not pay for something, like tuition fees.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only affects full-time employees of the Tennessee General Assembly who work extra hours.
  • It does not change rules for other state workers or part-time employees.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 04/03/2025

  2. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 121

  3. 2025-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 121

  4. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  7. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  8. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  9. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0

  10. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  11. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  12. 2025-03-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/24/2025

  13. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025

  14. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  15. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025

  16. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  17. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  18. 2025-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  19. 2025-02-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  20. 2025-02-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  21. 2025-02-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0

  22. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/27/2025

  23. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  24. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2025

  25. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  26. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  27. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

  28. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  29. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  30. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  31. 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 876
By White

SENATE BILL 797
By Haile

SB0797
000806
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8,
Chapter 50, relative to continuing education for
state employees.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-114(h), is amended by
designating the existing language as subdivision (1) and adding the following subdivision (2):
(2) Subdivision (h)(1) applies to full-time employees of the general assembly
who work more hours each week than typically required of full-time employment for at
least four (4) weeks per year.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.