# Tennessee SB 1612: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 8, relative to state employees. Tennessee SB 1612, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 8, relative to state employees., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-22 (Pub. Ch. 826); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1612-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 1612 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 8, relative to state employees. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2026-01-13 - Last action: 2026-05-22, Pub. Ch. 826 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: State Employees - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (133 yes, 0 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 1 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More waived courses for state employees: benefit, low. Eligible Tennessee state employees can use their education waiver for more than one course at the same time. The law removes the old one-course-at-a-time limit and took effect immediately upon becoming law. It also deletes subsection (h), whose content is not included in the supplied text. ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Jessie Seal (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-13 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 | pass | 91 | 0 | | | 2026-04-06 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/6/2026 | pass | 33 | 0 | | | 2026-03-25 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (31) - 2026-05-22: Pub. Ch. 826 - 2026-05-22: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-05-11: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-05-07: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-05-06: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-05-05: Re-Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-05-04: Effective date(s) 04/27/2026 (Senate) - 2026-04-27: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2026-04-17: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2026-04-16: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-15: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-15: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2026-04-13: Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House) - 2026-04-13: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0883) (House) - 2026-04-13: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2026-04-08: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2026-04-06: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2026-04-06: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0887) (Senate) - 2026-04-02: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate) - 2026-03-25: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-24: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-18: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-17: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026 (Senate) - 2026-03-11: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026 (Senate) - 2026-01-15: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate) - 2026-01-14: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-01-13: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0826.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1612.pdf) - HA0883: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0883.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1612.pdf) - SA0887: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0887.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to leaving the scene of an accident. (signed) - SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. (signed) - SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to blood lead level testing. (signed) - SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (signed) - SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (signed) - SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to low-income housing. (signed) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0826.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1612.pdf) - [HA0883 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0883.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1612.pdf) - [SA0887 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0887.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1602: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1602-2025-2026) - [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026) - [SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1255-2025-2026) - [SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1232-2025-2026) - [SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0855-2025-2026) - [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1612-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).