HB 8
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
January 14, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Laura Moore | Email: laura.moore@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
HB 8
SUMMARY OF BILL: Requires the Tennessee Peace Officer Standards and Training
Commission (POST) to pay an annual supplement of $800 to campus police officers and public
safety officers employed by public and private institutions of higher education who successfully
complete their required annual in-service training. Requires campus police officers and public safety
officers unable to attend in-service training due to their service to the armed forces to still receive
the supplement.
FISCAL IMPACT:
STATE GOVERNMENT
EXPENDITURES General Fund
FY25-26 & Subsequent Years $449,600
Assumptions:
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 38-8-107(d), campus police officers and public safety
officers are currently required to successfully complete an annual in-service training to
retain their POST certification. This annual in-service training is the same training that local
police officers and sheriffs are required to complete as part of POST certification.
• However, pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann.§ 38-8-111, local police officers and sheriffs are the
only officers who receive an annual supplement of $800 after successfully completing the
annual in-service training.
• The proposed legislation would extend the $800 annual supplement to include campus
police officers and public safety officers employed or commissioned by private or public
institutions of higher education who already complete the same required in-service training.
• Based on data provided by the POST there is a combined total of 562 commissioned
officers employed at institutions of higher education that will be eligible to receive the $800
supplement under the proposed legislation.
• The number of campus police officers and safety officers is assumed to remain constant
over time.
• Therefore, extending the supplement to such officers would result in a recurring increase in
state expenditures of $449,600 ($800 supplement x 562 officers) in FY25-26 and each
subsequent year.
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CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director