Public Employees - As introduced, requires, instead of authorizes, the state and local governments to provide fully paid health insurance coverage to the immediate family members of state and local law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty on or after January 1, 2020; removes the two-year limitation on the state or local government's full payment of such coverage; adds that family members of officers who suffer catastrophic injuries on or after January 1, 2020, also qualify for such coverage; requires the state to reimburse local governments that provide such coverage. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27.

Latest action: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

Voted 4/15/2026

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Docket history

4/15/2026Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
4/8/2026Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
4/8/2026Placed behind the budget
4/1/2026Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
4/1/2026Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
3/31/2026Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
3/25/2026Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026
3/25/2026Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
3/18/2026Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/25/2026
3/18/2026Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 3/25/2026