diff --git a/processor/samplingprocessor/tailsamplingprocessor/processor.go b/processor/samplingprocessor/tailsamplingprocessor/processor.go
index 1bf12c393f5..49a4ea80319 100644
--- a/processor/samplingprocessor/tailsamplingprocessor/processor.go
+++ b/processor/samplingprocessor/tailsamplingprocessor/processor.go
@@ -166,33 +166,44 @@ func (tsp *tailSamplingSpanProcessor) samplingPolicyOnTick() {
 			}
 
 			trace.Decisions[i] = decision
+		}
 
-			switch decision {
-			case sampling.Sampled:
-				stats.RecordWithTags(
-					policy.ctx,
-					[]tag.Mutator{tag.Insert(tagSampledKey, "true")},
-					statCountTracesSampled.M(int64(1)),
-				)
-				decisionSampled++
-
-				trace.Lock()
-				traceBatches := trace.ReceivedBatches
-				trace.Unlock()
-
-				for j := 0; j < len(traceBatches); j++ {
-					tsp.nextConsumer.ConsumeTraces(policy.ctx, internaldata.OCToTraceData(traceBatches[j]))
-				}
-			case sampling.NotSampled:
-				stats.RecordWithTags(
-					policy.ctx,
-					[]tag.Mutator{tag.Insert(tagSampledKey, "false")},
-					statCountTracesSampled.M(int64(1)),
-				)
-				decisionNotSampled++
+		finalDecision := sampling.NotSampled
+		firstMatchingPolicy := tsp.policies[0]
+
+		for i, decision := range trace.Decisions {
+			if decision == sampling.Sampled {
+				finalDecision = sampling.Sampled
+				firstMatchingPolicy = tsp.policies[i]
+				break
 			}
 		}
 
+		switch finalDecision {
+		case sampling.Sampled:
+			_ = stats.RecordWithTags(
+				firstMatchingPolicy.ctx,
+				[]tag.Mutator{tag.Insert(tagSampledKey, "true")},
+				statCountTracesSampled.M(int64(1)),
+			)
+			decisionSampled++
+
+			trace.Lock()
+			traceBatches := trace.ReceivedBatches
+			trace.Unlock()
+
+			for j := 0; j < len(traceBatches); j++ {
+				_ = tsp.nextConsumer.ConsumeTraces(firstMatchingPolicy.ctx, internaldata.OCToTraceData(traceBatches[j]))
+			}
+		case sampling.NotSampled:
+			_ = stats.RecordWithTags(
+				firstMatchingPolicy.ctx,
+				[]tag.Mutator{tag.Insert(tagSampledKey, "false")},
+				statCountTracesSampled.M(int64(1)),
+			)
+			decisionNotSampled++
+		}
+
 		// Sampled or not, remove the batches
 		trace.Lock()
 		trace.ReceivedBatches = nil
@@ -296,8 +307,6 @@ func (tsp *tailSamplingSpanProcessor) processTraces(td consumerdata.TraceData) e
 			actualData.Unlock()
 
 			switch actualDecision {
-			case sampling.Pending:
-				// All process for pending done above, keep the case so it doesn't go to default.
 			case sampling.Sampled:
 				// Forward the spans to the policy destinations
 				traceTd := prepareTraceBatch(spans, singleTrace, td)
@@ -316,6 +325,12 @@ func (tsp *tailSamplingSpanProcessor) processTraces(td consumerdata.TraceData) e
 					zap.String("policy", policy.Name),
 					zap.Int("decision", int(actualDecision)))
 			}
+
+			// At this point the late arrival has been passed to nextConsumer. Need to break out of the policy loop
+			// so that it isn't sent to nextConsumer more than once when multiple policies chose to sample
+			if actualDecision == sampling.Sampled {
+				break
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/processor/samplingprocessor/tailsamplingprocessor/processor_test.go b/processor/samplingprocessor/tailsamplingprocessor/processor_test.go
index dbbfa5b3a8f..50f37c07c56 100644
--- a/processor/samplingprocessor/tailsamplingprocessor/processor_test.go
+++ b/processor/samplingprocessor/tailsamplingprocessor/processor_test.go
@@ -205,6 +205,72 @@ func TestSamplingPolicyTypicalPath(t *testing.T) {
 	require.Equal(t, 1, mpe.LateArrivingSpansCount, "policy was not notified of the late span")
 }
 
+func TestSamplingMultiplePolicies(t *testing.T) {
+	const maxSize = 100
+	const decisionWaitSeconds = 5
+	// For this test explicitly control the timer calls and batcher, and set a mock
+	// sampling policy evaluator.
+	msp := new(exportertest.SinkTraceExporter)
+	mpe1 := &mockPolicyEvaluator{}
+	mpe2 := &mockPolicyEvaluator{}
+	mtt := &manualTTicker{}
+	tsp := &tailSamplingSpanProcessor{
+		ctx:             context.Background(),
+		nextConsumer:    msp,
+		maxNumTraces:    maxSize,
+		logger:          zap.NewNop(),
+		decisionBatcher: newSyncIDBatcher(decisionWaitSeconds),
+		policies: []*Policy{
+			{
+				Name: "policy-1", Evaluator: mpe1, ctx: context.TODO(),
+			},
+			{
+				Name: "policy-2", Evaluator: mpe2, ctx: context.TODO(),
+			}},
+		deleteChan:   make(chan traceKey, maxSize),
+		policyTicker: mtt,
+	}
+
+	_, batches := generateIdsAndBatches(210)
+	currItem := 0
+	numSpansPerBatchWindow := 10
+	// First evaluations shouldn't have anything to evaluate, until decision wait time passed.
+	for evalNum := 0; evalNum < decisionWaitSeconds; evalNum++ {
+		for ; currItem < numSpansPerBatchWindow*(evalNum+1); currItem++ {
+			tsp.ConsumeTraces(context.Background(), batches[currItem])
+			require.True(t, mtt.Started, "Time ticker was expected to have started")
+		}
+		tsp.samplingPolicyOnTick()
+		require.False(
+			t,
+			msp.SpansCount() != 0 || mpe1.EvaluationCount != 0 || mpe2.EvaluationCount != 0,
+			"policy for initial items was evaluated before decision wait period",
+		)
+	}
+
+	// Both policies will decide to sample
+	mpe1.NextDecision = sampling.Sampled
+	mpe2.NextDecision = sampling.Sampled
+	tsp.samplingPolicyOnTick()
+	require.False(
+		t,
+		msp.SpansCount() == 0 || mpe1.EvaluationCount == 0 || mpe2.EvaluationCount == 0,
+		"policy should have been evaluated totalspans == %d and evaluationcount(1) == %d and evaluationcount(2) == %d",
+		msp.SpansCount(),
+		mpe1.EvaluationCount,
+		mpe2.EvaluationCount,
+	)
+
+	require.Equal(t, numSpansPerBatchWindow, msp.SpansCount(), "nextConsumer should've been called with exactly 1 batch of spans")
+
+	// Late span of a sampled trace should be sent directly down the pipeline exporter
+	tsp.ConsumeTraces(context.Background(), batches[0])
+	expectedNumWithLateSpan := numSpansPerBatchWindow + 1
+	require.Equal(t, expectedNumWithLateSpan, msp.SpansCount(), "late span was not accounted for")
+	require.Equal(t, 1, mpe1.LateArrivingSpansCount, "1st policy was not notified of the late span")
+	require.Equal(t, 0, mpe2.LateArrivingSpansCount, "2nd policy should not have been notified of the late span")
+}
+
 func generateIdsAndBatches(numIds int) ([][]byte, []pdata.Traces) {
 	traceIds := make([][]byte, numIds)
 	var tds []pdata.Traces