SENATE BILL 301 By Harshbarger HOUSE BILL 333 By Crawford HB0333 002016 - 1 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 36, relative to firefighter retirement age. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-36-205(a)(3)(C), is amended by deleting the language "or as the chief of a police department or a fire department" and substituting "the chief of a police department or fire department, or as a firefighter with a rank equal to or higher than shift commander". SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.