TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Julia Wilburn on Dec 28, 2022

More than a dozen laws will go into effect on Jan. 1, WKRN reports. Laws related to medical records, subscription service cancellations, early retirement for emergency communications personnel and mail-order pharmaceuticals are among some of the new laws that will be enforced starting in 2023. The most notable law taking effect in January is “Dallas’s Law,” named for Dallas “DJ” Barrett, who died after a fight with security guards at Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row on Aug. 16, 2021. The law revises the required training necessary for someone working as a security guard/officer, adding de-escalation techniques, safe restraint techniques and emergency first aid/CPR training. Prior to the law’s passage, those hired as security guards by a “proprietary security organization” were exempt from those certain training requirements; now all those hired as security guards in Tennessee will be required to show proof of that training. Read summaries of the other laws taking effect.