# Tennessee SB 2018: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36, relative to retirement.

Tennessee SB 2018, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36, relative to retirement., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-04-06 (Effective date(s) 04/01/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 2018
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 25; Title 8, Chapter 34; Title 8, Chapter 35 and Title 8, Chapter 36, relative to retirement.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-22
- Last action: 2026-04-06, Effective date(s) 04/01/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Pensions and Retirement Benefits
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 3 (136 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Final pension payment for retirees and beneficiaries: benefit, low. Tennessee's retirement system must issue a pension payment for the month the payee dies. For a retired member who chose no optional allowance, the payment goes to that member. For a beneficiary receiving an optional allowance, the payment goes to that beneficiary. Other state retirement provisions…
- Tighter pension rules for returning public retirees: cost, medium. This rule covers Tennessee retirement-system members whose retirement began from July 1, 2022, through June 30, 2027. It applies when they return to temporary work and the system finds they lacked a genuine break from service. The system must treat affected pension payments as distributions receive…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-19 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2026 | pass | 95 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-23 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/23/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-02-17 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-04-06: Effective date(s) 04/01/2026
- 2026-04-06: Pub. Ch. 658
- 2026-04-01: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-03-24: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-03-23: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-03-19: Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-03-19: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-02-26: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-02-23: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-02-23: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-02-20: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/23/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-17: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-10: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/17/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-02-05: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-02: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0658.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2018.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2018.pdf)

## Related bills

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- SB 1915: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapter 58, relative to public benefits. (signed)
- SB 1900: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 40, relative to first responders. (signed)
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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0658.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2018.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2018.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2018-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).