| TN | HB2206 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes the import and export of human remains by state, local, and municipal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of human remains detection training; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation, in consultation with the dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB2559 | Engross
50% | As introduced, authorizes the import and export of human remains by state, local, and municipal law enforcement agencies for the purpose of human remains detection training; requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation, in consultation with the dep...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-24
Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/25/2024 |
| TN | SB1715 | Pass | As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's control that has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with a law en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
Signed by Governor. |
| TN | SB2624 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes a state or local law enforcement agency, at the direction of the executive officer with authority over such agency or the commissioner of safety, to provide aid and assistance to another state or a law enforcement agency of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB2773 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires an annual training pay bonus supplement for eligible campus police officers and public safety officers in the amount of $800. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Section 49-7-118.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-19
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | HB1622 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires an annual training pay bonus supplement for eligible campus police officers and public safety officers in the amount of $800. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38 and Section 49-7-118.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-17
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB2794 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes a state or local law enforcement agency, at the direction of the executive officer with authority over such agency or the commissioner of safety, to provide aid and assistance to another state or a law enforcement agency of ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-10
To House Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee |
| TN | HB1664 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's control that has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with a law en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-04
Comp. SB subst. |
| TN | HB1522 | Intro
25% | As introduced, creates a Class E felony of a law enforcement officer operating a law enforcement body camera in any manner that would prevent the creation or recordation of evidence with the intent to obstruct justice. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee |
| TN | HB1977 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a POST-certified law enforcement officer, rather than a full-time, salaried police officer, to detain a person based on a reasonable belief that the person's motor vehicle does not comply with state law regarding tinted motor v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 602 |
| TN | SB1864 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes a POST-certified law enforcement officer, rather than a full-time, salaried police officer, to detain a person based on a reasonable belief that the person's motor vehicle does not comply with state law regarding tinted motor v...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
Effective date(s) 03/27/2024 |
| TN | HB2519 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer initiating a traffic stop or pedestrian stop, on or after January 1, 2025, to inform the person stopped of the reason for the stop before engaging the person in questioning related to an investigation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee |
| TN | HB2964 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer who becomes aware that an order of protection has been entered against a person in the officer’s presence but has not been served on the person to take appropriate steps to facilitate service of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-03
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee |
| TN | SB1479 | Intro
25% | As introduced, creates a Class E felony of a law enforcement officer operating a law enforcement body camera in any manner that would prevent the creation or recordation of evidence with the intent to obstruct justice. - Amends TCA Title 10; Title 38...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB2436 | Fail | As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer initiating a traffic stop or pedestrian stop, on or after January 1, 2025, to inform the person stopped of the reason for the stop before engaging the person in questioning related to an investigation...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB2886 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer who becomes aware that an order of protection has been entered against a person in the officer’s presence but has not been served on the person to take appropriate steps to facilitate service of the...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-02
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1526 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "Demilitarization of Police Act." - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB2835 | Intro
25% | As introduced, upon written request by a member of the general assembly, requires all state and local law enforcement agencies to release to the member making the request a copy of all records collected by the agency, including, but not limited to, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-04-01
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | HB2673 | Intro
25% | As introduced, opens eligibility for being employed as a police officer to persons discharged from the armed forces of the United States to those with an entry-level separation, medical discharge, or a separation for the convenience of the government...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-27
Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee |
| TN | SB2418 | Fail | As introduced, opens eligibility for being employed as a police officer to persons discharged from the armed forces of the United States to those with an entry-level separation, medical discharge, or a separation for the convenience of the government...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-20
Failed in Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | HB2331 | Fail | As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to begin an investigation of a suspected homicide within the agency’s jurisdiction and, in determining which law enforcement officer will lead the investigation, r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-19
Failed for lack of motion in: Criminal Justice Subcommittee |
| TN | HB1620 | Pass | As enacted, deletes the July 1, 2024, termination date for Chapter 462 of the Public Acts of 2021, allowing a law enforcement agency to continue to use a drone to search for and collect evidence or obtain information with the consent of a private pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 524 |
| TN | SB1645 | Pass | As enacted, deletes the July 1, 2024, termination date for Chapter 462 of the Public Acts of 2021, allowing a law enforcement agency to continue to use a drone to search for and collect evidence or obtain information with the consent of a private pro...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-15
Effective date(s) 03/01/2024 |
| TN | HB0350 | Fail | As introduced, requires a municipality or county to follow the statutory procedure for taking certain disciplinary actions against a police officer if the officer is under investigation for matters that are likely to lead to an indication of untrustw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Failed in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee |
| TN | HB1392 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation's annual report on the use of force by law enforcement to include data for each law enforcement agency, in addition to statewide and countywide aggregate data. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee |
| TN | HB1473 | Intro
25% | As introduced, decreases the time within which a hearing concerning a punitive employment action against a law enforcement officer must be set following a request for such hearing from 14 days to 10 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10, Chap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee |
| TN | HB1521 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to undergo annual de-escalation training and an annual mental health evaluation in order to be certified by the peace officer standards and training commission; requires each law enforcement agency to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-12
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee |
| TN | SB2451 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to begin an investigation of a suspected homicide within the agency’s jurisdiction and, in determining which law enforcement officer will lead the investigation, r...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-03-05
Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | HB1653 | Intro
25% | As introduced, upon written request by a member of the general assembly, requires all state and local law enforcement agencies to release to the member making the request a copy of all records collected by the agency, including, but not limited to, a...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-28
Sponsor(s) withdrawn. |
| TN | SB2814 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement officer who administers epinephrine in an emergency situation to file a record of the event with the appropriate local emergency medical services agency in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | HB2385 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement officer who administers epinephrine in an emergency situation to file a record of the event with the appropriate local emergency medical services agency in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | HB0707 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee bureau of investigation to electronically file its annual use of force report to the chair of the judiciary committee of the senate and the chair of the criminal justice committee of the house of representative...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee |
| TN | SB1770 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a school resource officer who suspects that a student has committed a delinquent act, unruly conduct, or a criminal offense, to inform the student that the student's parent or legal guardian may be present prior to a formal in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | HB1462 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires each law enforcement agency to develop a policy by July 1, 2023, on the use of force that emphasizes the use of force only as a reasonable and proportional response when viewed in light of the crime a suspect is alleged to hav...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Public Service Subcommittee of State Government Committee |
| TN | HB1236 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "Demilitarization of Police Act." - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 8.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
Sponsor(s) withdrawn. |
| TN | HB1234 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to use only an appropriately marked law enforcement vehicle to make traffic stops in non-emergency situations; defines an appropriately marked law enforcement vehicle as one that bears insignias, stri...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
Sponsor change. |
| TN | HB1235 | Intro
25% | As introduced, prohibits a law enforcement agency from engaging in law enforcement activities which interfere with any person's First Amendment rights, engaging in First Amendment-related intelligence, or maintaining personal information about any pe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
Sponsor change. |
| TN | HB7023 | Engross
50% | As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's control that has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with a law en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-29
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration |
| TN | SB7015 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's control that has not entered into a memorandum of understanding with a law en...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-23
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB7025 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's or public charter school governing body's control that has not adopted a poli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-23
Lay on the Table |
| TN | HB7059 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes a law enforcement agency to assign a law enforcement officer to serve as a school resource officer at a school within a local board of education's or public charter school governing body's control that has not adopted a poli...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| TN | SB0449 | Pass | As enacted, if the Tennessee highway patrol is assigned a protective detail, authorizes a Tennessee highway patrolman and an officer of a local law enforcement agency to utilize their respective agency's vehicle or emergency equipment for purposes of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 138 |
| TN | HB0522 | Pass | As enacted, if the Tennessee highway patrol is assigned a protective detail, authorizes a Tennessee highway patrolman and an officer of a local law enforcement agency to utilize their respective agency's vehicle or emergency equipment for purposes of...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Effective date(s) 04/06/2023 |
| TN | SB1243 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the Tennessee bureau of investigation's annual report on the use of force by law enforcement to include data for each law enforcement agency, in addition to statewide and countywide aggregate data. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1323 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes the Tennessee bureau of investigation to electronically file its annual use of force report to the chair of the judiciary committee of the senate and the chair of the criminal justice committee of the house of representative...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1342 | Intro
25% | As introduced, decreases the time within which a hearing concerning a punitive employment action against a law enforcement officer must be set following a request for such hearing from 14 days to 10 days. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 10, Chap...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1127 | Intro
25% | As introduced, prohibits a law enforcement agency from employing a peace officer unless the peace officer obtains and continuously maintains liability insurance to cover damages resulting from misconduct, including intentional, negligent, or willful ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1199 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires each law enforcement agency to develop a policy by July 1, 2023, on the use of force that emphasizes the use of force only as a reasonable and proportional response when viewed in light of the crime a suspect is alleged to hav...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1258 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a municipality or county to follow the statutory procedure for taking certain disciplinary actions against a police officer if the officer is under investigation for matters that are likely to lead to an indication of untrustw...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
| TN | SB1481 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a law enforcement officer to undergo annual de-escalation training and an annual mental health evaluation in order to be certified by the peace officer standards and training commission; requires each law enforcement agency to...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
To Senate Judiciary Committee |
