---
type: "Bill"
title: "Law Enforcement Training Academy - As enacted, requires the peace officer standards and training commission to issue a certificate of compliance to a person appointed as a private special deputy on or after January 1, 2026, if the person meets the qualifications for employment as a police officer and satisfactorily completes an approved recruit training program; requires annual in-service training sessions to retain such certification. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 49."
description: "Law Enforcement Training Academy - As enacted, requires the peace officer standards and training commission to issue a certificate of compliance to a person appointed as a private special deputy on or after January 1, 2026, if the person meets the qualifications for employment as a police officer and satisfactorily completes an approved recruit training program; requires annual in-service training sessions to retain such certification. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1095"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1095 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Law Enforcement Training Academy"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sexton"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6e7536f-fd40-4cc5-8db1-1b7fac634378"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1095&ga=114"
source_hash: "87c4261f839b8087a6bb317b01349e13b45519f5531e19f663a75ff8c6bc88db"
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 1095 (114) — Law Enforcement Training Academy - As enacted, requires the peace officer standards and training commission to issue a certificate of compliance to a person appointed as a private special deputy on or after January 1, 2026, if the person meets the qualifications for employment as a police officer and satisfactorily completes an approved recruit training program; requires annual in-service training sessions to retain such certification. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8; Title 38 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0052** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0052.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0094** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0094.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1095.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (3) — **22–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025 3/6/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/26/2025 Passed (4) — **5–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Sexton — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-11** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-18** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-19** Meeting Canceled
- **2025-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/26/2025
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-02-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/6/2025
- **2025-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0052) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0094)
- **2025-03-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-19** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/28/2025
- **2025-04-04** Pub. Ch. 105

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6e7536f-fd40-4cc5-8db1-1b7fac634378`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).