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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 Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

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.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Mike SparksPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse49

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  2. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/12/2025
  3. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
  4. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
  5. Sponsor(s) Added.
  6. Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
  7. Ref. to Judiciary Committee
  8. P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
  9. Intro., P1C.
  10. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source