Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 71: District Attorneys - As introduced, allows an assistant district attorney general to receive year-for-year service credit for prior law enforcement experience upon recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and subject to the approval of the executive director of the district attorneys general conference; defines prior law enforcement experience as full-time employment with a law enforcement agency as a POST-certified law enforcement officer; requires an employment record from the law enforcement agency to be used to establish the law enforcement experience. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7.

In committee Last action March 12, 2025: Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

Plain-language summary

HB 71 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: District Attorneys - As introduced, allows an assistant district attorney general to receive year-for-year service credit for prior law enforcement experience upon recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and subject to the approval of the executive director of the district attorneys general conference; defines prior law enforcement experience as full-time employment with a law enforcement agency as a POST-certified law enforcement officer; requires an employment record from the law enforcement agency to be used to establish the law enforcement experience. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7. Primary sponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2025): Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Mike Sparks (Republican).