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                             PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 826

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1612
                                                          By Bailey, Seal

                                            Substituted for: House Bill No. 2268
                            By Hale, Sherrell, Salinas, Crawford, Powell, Love, Camper
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 8, relative to state employees.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
          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.
         SENATE BILL NO. 1612

PASSED:  April 13, 2026

                                      RANDY\llcNALLY
                         SPEAKER OF TH~ SENATE

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                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this :xJ_~ day o f ~            2026

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                     BILL LEE, GOVERNOR