---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires, in jurisdictions that conduct citizen police academies or similar programs, that members of a community oversight board complete the local police force's citizen academy course or program; establishes timeframe for completion and provides that noncompliant member will lose voting privileges until requirement is met. - Amends TCA Title 38."
description: "Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires, in jurisdictions that conduct citizen police academies or similar programs, that members of a community oversight board complete the local police force's citizen academy course or program; establishes timeframe for completion and provides that noncompliant member will lose voting privileges until requirement is met. - Amends TCA Title 38."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 374"
citation: "Tennessee HB 374 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bell", "Casada"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 56
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-01-21"
last_action: "2021-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/723cf155-8e62-4fdd-a5e9-e01c0bacd307"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0374&GA=112"
source_hash: "097e1e0d9180ca6e218558cc4038718c648bebd0713df3d821f7cdcbdae2b3f7"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee HB 374 (112) — Law Enforcement - As enacted, requires, in jurisdictions that conduct citizen police academies or similar programs, that members of a community oversight board complete the local police force's citizen academy course or program; establishes timeframe for completion and provides that noncompliant member will lose voting privileges until requirement is met. - Amends TCA Title 38.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0037** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0037.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0391** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0391.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0446** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0446.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0374.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2021 Passed (2) — **72–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Criminal Justice Subcommittee 2/24/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021 3/18/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1 4/20/2021 Passed (3) — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Rule 39(3) Amend# 2 by Bell 5/4/2021 Passed (2) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 5/5/2021 Passed (1) — **68–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bell — primary (person)
- Casada — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/17/2021
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-17** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 2/24/2021
- **2021-02-17** Meeting Canceled
- **2021-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Action def. in Criminal Justice Committee to 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/18/2021
- **2021-03-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-03-25** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 21, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-25** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0037) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Reset on Final calendar of Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0391)
- **2021-04-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 5/4/21
- **2021-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment #2 SA0446
- **2021-05-05** H. concurred in S. am. no. SA2 Ayes 68, Nays 22 PNV 0 HB0374
- **2021-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-06-01** Pub. Ch. 523
- **2021-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 523

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/723cf155-8e62-4fdd-a5e9-e01c0bacd307`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).