District Attorneys - As introduced, allows an assistant district attorney general to receive year-for-year service credit for prior law enforcement experience upon recommendation of the hiring district attorney general and subject to the approval of the executive director of the district attorneys general conference; defines prior law enforcement experience as full-time employment with a law enforcement agency as a POST-certified law enforcement officer; requires an employment record from the law enforcement agency to be used to establish the law enforcement experience. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 7.

HB 71 allows assistant district attorneys in Tennessee to count prior full-time law enforcement service as equivalent service time toward their employment record. Specifically, it permits them to receive year-for-year credit for certified police officer experience (requiring POST certification) if recommended by their hiring district attorney and approved by the district attorneys conference executive director. To qualify, they must provide an official employment record from their previous law enforcement agency. The bill amends state law governing assistant district attorney service credit, directly affecting current and future assistant district attorneys who previously worked as certified law enforcement officers.