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Tennessee / State / 114th General Assembly, 2025

Public Chapter 243 of 2025 (SB 279) Defined the working day that measures public employee military leave

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Signed Takes effect

Expands benefits Measures the twenty days of paid military leave by each employee's scheduled shift, so a long-shift worker keeps full shifts.

Added to Tenn. Code 8-33-101 a definition of "working day" as the number of hours an employee is scheduled to work in a twenty-four-hour period, which measures the twenty working days of paid military leave in 8-33-109 for state and local employees by each employee’s own scheduled shift. Signed April 24, 2025, effective on becoming law.

Progress

Path to law: Bill in a two-chamber legislature

  1. Introduced Done,
  2. In committee Done, Senate State and Local Government Committee
  3. Passed one chamber Done, Senate, 32-0
  4. Passed both chambers Done, House, 94-0
  5. Signed by the governor Done, Public Chapter 243
  6. In effect Done,

Sponsors

  • Ed JacksonSponsor, Republican, Senate, District 25
  • Jerome MoonSponsor, Republican, House, District 8
  • CampbellCo-sponsor, Senate
  • YarbroCo-sponsor, Senate
  • BehnCo-sponsor, House
  • RussellCo-sponsor, House
  • StinnettCo-sponsor, House
  • EldridgeCo-sponsor, House

What it touches

  • Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-33-101
  • Tenn. Code Ann. § 8-33-109

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Official record

Read Public Chapter 243 of 2025 (SB 279) on the jurisdiction's own record