Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB1285 Latest Draft

Bill / Chaptered Version Filed 04/04/2025

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 74 
SENATE BILL NO. 1285 
By Johnson 
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1312 
By Lamberth, Cochran, Keisling, Hale, Crawford 
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1, relative to state 
employment bereavement leave. 
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: 
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-113, is amended by adding the 
following as a new subsection (b) and redesignating the existing subsection (b) accordingly: 
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), the officers and employees of the various 
agencies, boards, and departments of state government identified in §§ 8-30-102(a), 8-30-
102(b )(2)-(11 ), and 8-30-102(b)(13) must be granted: 
(1) Three (3) days paid leave in the event of the death of such officers' or 
employees' siblings, grandparents, grandchildren, foster parents, or parents-in-law; 
(2) Five (5) days paid leave in the event of the death of such officers' or 
employees' parents or stepparents; and 
(3) Ten (10) days paid leave in the event of the death of such officers' or 
employees' spouse, children, or stepchildren. 
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.  PASSED: 
SENATE BILL NO. 1285 
March 17, 2025 
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SPEAKER OFT: SENATE 
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APPROVED this J.S ~ day of rv\arJL 2025 
BILL LEE, GOVERNOR