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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 82
HOUSE BILL NO. 108
By Representatives Lamberth, Cochran, Atchley, McCalmon, Dixie, Howell
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1278
By Senator Johnson
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 23, Part 2, relative to
state employee pay periods.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-23-202, is amended by deleting
subsection (a) and substituting:
(a) The "pay period" for state employees shall be no less than twice per month as
determined by the commissioner of finance and administration. On or about the last day
of every such "pay period," all state employees shall be paid for the preceding period or
any part thereof for which compensation is due.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-23-202(b), is amended by deleting
the word "semimonthly".
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
HOUSE BILL NO. 108
PASSED: March 10. 2025
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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