Amends TCA Title 29; Title 57 and Title 62, Chapter 35.

Present law generally provides the following requirements of applicants for security guard/officer registration cards: (1) Within 15 days of employment, an unarmed security guard/officer applicant must complete general training and pass an examination, and an armed security guard/officer applicant must complete general training, pass an examination, and complete the training in (5) below within 60 days of employment; (2) An unarmed security guard/officer applicant or an armed security guard/officer applicant must complete at least four hours of general training administered by a certified trainer and pass an examination, covering, at a minimum for one hour each, orientation, legal powers and limitations of a security guard/officer, emergency procedures, and general duties; (3) Within 15 days of employment, an unarmed security guard/officer, or an armed security guard/officer, who is employed by a proprietary security organization that holds a license or permit for on-premises consumption from the alcoholic beverage commission or a beer board, or is employed by a contract security company for the purposes of performing security guard and patrol services at a commercial establishment that holds a license or permit for on-premises consumption from the alcoholic beverage commission or a beer board, must complete training in de-escalation techniques and proper and safe restraint techniques; and complete a CPR training course; (4) For applicants for private security guard/officer registration who will carry a club, stun gun, chemical spray, night stick or other less than lethal device, the commissioner of commerce and insurance must require appropriate training specific to the device by a certified trainer who is certified to instruct for the specific device; and (5) If applying for an armed security guard/officer registration card, before being issued a firearm, the applicant must also complete the following: (A) At least eight additional classroom hours of firearms training administered by a certified trainer and pass an examination covering at least the legal limitations of the use of a firearm; handling of a firearm; and safety and maintenance; and (B) At least four hours of marksmanship training administered by a certified trainer, and achieve a minimum of 70 percent on any silhouette target course approved by the commissioner of commerce and insurance. However, present law provides the following exemptions from the above requirements: (A) The requirements of (1)-(4) above do not apply to applicants for registration as unarmed security guards/officers who have at least one year of experience as a security guard/officer as of July 1, 1988, or who have had no less than four hours of training equivalent to that required in (1)-(4) above in the year prior to filing the application; (B) The requirements of (5) above do not apply to those applicants for registration as armed security guards/officers who have had no less than 12 hours of training equivalent to that required in (5) above in the year prior to filing the application; (C) The requirements of (1)-(5) above do not apply to an applicant for registration who is a sworn peace officer and certified by the police officer standards and training commission; and (D) The requirements of (1)-(4) above do not apply to an applicant for registration who is a state or local correctional officer or jailer who meets certain criteria regarding basic training and annual in-service training courses. This bill adds to the exemptions that the requirements in (2) do not apply to a retired law enforcement officer with 20 or more years of service who has retired in good standing as certified by the chief law enforcement officer of the organization from which the officer retired. Present law requires an unarmed security guard/officer, as a prerequisite for renewal of the person's registration card, to complete two hours of refresher training administered by a certified trainer in the subjects listed in (2). This bill exempts from such requirement such a retired law enforcement officer.