TN HB 71
died on adjournmentDistrict 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.
Tennessee · 114S1 · lower
Quick answers
Did TN HB 71 pass?
No. TN HB 71 died when the 114S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-03-12): Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
What is TN HB 71 about?
TN HB 71 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “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.”.
Who sponsors TN HB 71?
Sparks is the primary sponsor of TN HB 71.
- Introduced
- 2025-01-14
- Latest action
- 2025-03-12 — Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
- Bill type
- bill
- Last updated
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Subjects
Sponsors
- Sparksprimary
Committees
Not provided by source.
Action timeline
2025-01-08
Filed for introduction
filing
2025-01-14
Intro., P1C.
introduction
2025-01-15
P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
2025-01-16
Ref. to Judiciary Committee
referral-committee
2025-01-28
Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee
referral-committee
2025-02-25
Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship
2025-02-26
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
2025-03-05
Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
2025-03-05
Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/12/2025
2025-03-12
Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee
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Votes
HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee 3/12/2025 Passed
2025-03-12 · pass · 6-0
Member-level votes (1)
- Salinas: not voting
Related bills
- Companion bill: SB 812
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