Tennessee House Bill 2489 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on April 5 2022 - 100% progression
Action: 2022-04-05 - Failed in Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires each high school to inform each high school senior upon reaching the age of 18 that the student is eligible to vote and provide information about how to register to vote; authorizes the use of an identification card issued by an accredited postsecondary institution of education in this state for purposes of verifying a person's identification at a polling place; deletes the requirement for a person who registers to vote by mail or online to vote the first time in person. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, relative to the Tennessee Student Voter Act.

Rep. Vincent Dixie [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2022-04-05	House	Failed in Local Government Committee
2022-03-30	House	Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/5/2022
2022-03-30	House	Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee
2022-03-23	House	Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/30/2022
2022-03-23	House	Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/30/2022
2022-03-16	House	Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
2022-03-16	House	Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
2022-03-09	House	Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
2022-03-09	House	Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/16/2022
2022-03-02	House	Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
2022-02-07	House	Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
2022-02-03	House	P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee
2022-02-02	House	Intro., P1C.
2022-02-01	House	Filed for introduction

SB2064 (Crossfiled) 2022-04-11 - Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm.

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2489&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2489.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/SB2064.pdf