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Legislative Update
by Sheriff Jeff Long, Legislative Committee Chair

The Tennessee Sheriff’s Association was very active in the recent legislature in promoting legislation to keep Tennesseans safe.  Approximately 176 bills were under constant review.  Also, the Tennessee Sheriff’s Association was a participating member of the Tennessee Public Safety Coalition to represent Sheriffs, along with the Tennessee Chiefs of Police Association, and the Tennessee District Attorney General Conference.

Several important pieces of legislation were enacted into law.

Among them was the Tennessee Sheriff’s Qualification Bill.  This legislation provides for any candidate to run for the Office of Sheriff to have experience in law enforcement and be certified by the Tennessee Peace Officers and Standards Commission.  This is a very important step in further professionalizing the Office of Sheriff across this state. 

Governor Bill Haslam presented legislation to limit the amount of pseudoephedrine a person may purchase and to establish a real-time tracking system of purchases to fight the methamphetamine epidemic across the state.  Also Governor Haslam presented legislation to allow for prosecution of defendants who have children in a residence while methamphetamine is being manufactured. 

In the fight against abuse of prescription medication, a new law allows access to the controlled substances database housed by the Board of Pharmacy to certain approved law enforcement officers with several safeguards to protect privacy of the individuals.

The Sheriffs want to take this opportunity to thank the Governor, State Representatives and Senators and our great citizens of Tennessee for their support of law enforcement in keeping our communities safe.

 
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