Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee HB2268: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 8, relative to state employees.
Status: Chaptered, May 22, 2026
Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 6, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1612, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, (i) remove the requirement for waivers to be used only one course at a time for academic courses that full-time state employees are eligible to take without paying tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees, registration fees, or online course fees, and (ii) authorize the waiver to be used for more than one course at a time.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
Senate State and Local Government 1 Amendment No. 1 to SB1612 Briggs Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 1612* House Bill No. 2268 by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-114(a)(1), is amended by deleting the following language: and the waiver shall be used for only one (1) course at a time. and substituting instead: and the waiver may be used for more than one (1) course at a time. SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-114(h), is amended by deleting the subsection. SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. SA0887
Sponsors
- Hale, Michael (R, 40) · primary sponsor
- Sherrell, Paul (R, 43)
- Salinas, Gabby (D, 96)
- Crawford, John (R, 1)
- Powell, Jason (D, 53)
- Love, Harold (D, 58)
- Camper, Karen D. (D, 87)