HB 58
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
January 16, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Natalie Dusek | Email: natalie.dusek@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
HB 58
SUMMARY OF BILL: Requires law enforcement agencies (LEAs) that employ a police
officer or a special deputy to contact any prior LEA that employed the person as part of the
thorough investigation into the person’s good moral character.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NOT SIGNIFICANT
Assumptions:
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-8-106(8), any person employed or utilized as a full-time,
part-time, temporary, reserve or auxiliary police officer, or as a special deputy must have a
good moral character as determined by a thorough investigation conducted by the
employing agency.
• The proposed legislation specifies that should such a person have prior law enforcement
experience, the employing agency must contact the person’s former employing LEA(s)
during the required investigation.
• It is assumed that most LEAs already contact former employers and references as part of
the required thorough investigation; therefore, the proposed legislation is not estimated to
result in a significant additional administrative burden.
• It is further assumed that any additional phone calls or reference checks that may be
required can be accomplished by state and local LEAs within existing resources without a
significant increase in expenditures.
• Any fiscal impact to state or local LEAs is therefore estimated to be not significant.
CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director