Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 251: Public Employees - As enacted, establishes that a retiree who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have had a bona fide separation of service before the retiree is allowed to accept temporary reemployment without a loss or suspension of benefits in the retirement system; makes other changes to the present law relative to reemployment after retirement from public employment. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-213 and Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8.

Enacted Last action May 2, 2025: Pub. Ch. 159

Plain-language summary

SB 251 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 22, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Public Employees - As enacted, establishes that a retiree who is a member of the Tennessee consolidated retirement system must have had a bona fide separation of service before the retiree is allowed to accept temporary reemployment without a loss or suspension of benefits in the retirement system; makes other changes to the present law relative to reemployment after retirement from public employment. - Amends TCA Section 8-25-213 and Title 8, Chapter 36, Part 8. Primary sponsor: Ken Yager (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 2, 2025): Pub. Ch. 159.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Ken Yager (Republican).