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

SB 966: Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, expands the period of peacetime military service of a member of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) that the member may purchase for creditable service in TCRS. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 966 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Pensions and Retirement Benefits - As introduced, expands the period of peacetime military service of a member of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System (TCRS) that the member may purchase for creditable service in TCRS. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 34. Primary sponsor: Steve Southerland (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 6, 2026): Sponsor(s) Added.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Steve SoutherlandPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate9

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Sponsor(s) Added.
  2. Sponsor(s) Added.
  3. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
  4. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  5. Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
  6. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
  7. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
  8. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  9. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  10. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source