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HB0071Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 7, relative to assistant district attorneys.

Introduced

Introduced by Mike Sparks, District 49

What does this bill do?

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Official description

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.

Where it stands

Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

March 12, 2025

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee · March 12, 2025

6

Yes

0

No

1

Absent or Not Voting

7 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

What do people think?

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See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
Fred Atchley12Yes
Andrew Farmer17Yes
Lowell Russell21Yes
Richard Scarbrough33Yes
Jason Powell53Yes
Mary Littleton78Yes
Gabby Salinas96Not Voting

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  4. Ref. to Judiciary Committee

  5. Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee

  6. Sponsor(s) Added.

  7. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/5/2025

  8. Action Def. in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee to 3/12/2025

  9. Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/12/2025

  10. Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee

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