| TN | SB2838 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Ballot Access Act." - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-13
Withdrawn. |
| TN | SB2119 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes up to two members of an LLC that owns property in a city to vote in the city's elections if the city's charter provides nonresident property owners voting rights. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-08
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB1792 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes the deadline by which a voter must request an absentee ballot from seven days before the election to 14 days before the election. - Amends TCA Section 2-6-202.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB2948 | Intro
25% | As introduced, creates a process for the majority and minority party caucuses of the general assembly to nominate candidates for United States senator. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-07
Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB2531 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes the county election commission of Montgomery County to research and test methods, systems, and technologies that would allow members and employees of the United States armed forces and their dependents who are registered to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-06
Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB2771 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the officers of a party to file with the secretary of state and with the coordinator of elections a copy of the rules under which the party and its subdivisions operate within 15 days, instead of 30 days, following adoption in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | SB2795 | Intro
25% | As introduced, prohibits a candidate from attempting to qualify for and be nominated or elected to more than one federal or state public office, if the primary or general elections for such offices are held during the same year. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-05
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB2152 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the officers of a party to file with the secretary of state and with the coordinator of elections a copy of the rules under which the party and its subdivisions operate within 15 days, instead of 30 days, following adoption in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB2212 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes the county election commission of Montgomery County to research and test methods, systems, and technologies that would allow members and employees of the United States armed forces and their dependents who are registered to ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB2414 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes the deadline for a person to register to vote from 30 days before an election to 15 days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | SB2386 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires political communications to contain a disclaimer if the communication was generated in whole or in part by synthetic media using artificial intelligence algorithms. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-02-01
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB2057 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires political advertisements that are created in whole or in part by artificial intelligence to include certain disclaimers; requires materially deceptive media disseminated for purposes of a political campaign to include certain ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-31
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB1873 | Intro
25% | As introduced, specifies that the notification to a registered voter who a county election commission has appointed to fill a vacant election official position must be in writing. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-25
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | HB1800 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes the deadline for filing nominating petitions for candidates for election as delegates to the national convention of a political party from the second Thursday in December to the first Thursday in April. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-24
Withdrawn. |
| TN | SB1648 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes a qualified voter to request an absentee ballot not later than 10 days before an election rather than not later than seven days before an election, as permitted under existing law. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1732 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes the deadline for filing nominating petitions for candidates for election as delegates to the national convention of a political party from the second Thursday in December to the first Thursday in April. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
Withdrawn. |
| TN | SB1707 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes the deadline by which a voter must request an absentee ballot from seven days before the election to 14 days before the election. - Amends TCA Section 2-6-202.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-22
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1682 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes, from 30 to 45, the number of days the coordinator of elections has to determine the sufficiency of a minor party's petition to be recognized as a minor party for purposes of an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB1732 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the county election commission to provide a sufficient supply of pens or markers at polling places. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | HB0303 | Fail | As introduced, authorizes the use of an identification card issued by an accredited institution of higher education in this state for purposes of voter identification at a polling place; requires the secretary of state to conduct studies on such use ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
Sponsor change. |
| TN | HB1619 | Intro
25% | As introduced, revises the petition signature thresholds for qualifying as a recognized minor party for a statewide election, an election for a seat in either house of the general assembly, and for any other public office. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB1668 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes, from 30 to 45, the number of days the coordinator of elections has to determine the sufficiency of a minor party's petition to be recognized as a minor party for purposes of an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-10
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | SB0346 | Pass | As enacted, requires each high school to inform each high school senior that upon reaching the age of 18 the student may be eligible to vote and provide information from the secretary of state about voter eligibility and how to register to vote. - Am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 05/17/2023 |
| TN | HB0828 | Pass | As enacted, requires the officer of elections at each polling place to post a sign on election day informing voters that it is against the law to vote in a political party's primary without being a bona fide member of or affiliated with that politica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 473 |
| TN | HB0933 | Pass | As enacted, requires each high school to inform each high school senior that upon reaching the age of 18 the student may be eligible to vote and provide information from the secretary of state about voter eligibility and how to register to vote. - Am...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 444 |
| TN | SB0978 | Pass | As enacted, requires the officer of elections at each polling place to post a sign on election day informing voters that it is against the law to vote in a political party's primary without being a bona fide member of or affiliated with that politica...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-24
Effective date(s) 05/17/2023 |
| TN | SB0526 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits members of local governing bodies to be elected through an election procedure that requires candidates to be nominated from a district and elected at large. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 391 |
| TN | HB0817 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits members of local governing bodies to be elected through an election procedure that requires candidates to be nominated from a district and elected at large. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Effective date(s) 01/01/2024 |
| TN | HB0937 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes Washington County to establish a convenient voting center pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023 |
| TN | SB0839 | Pass | As enacted, authorizes Washington County to establish a convenient voting center pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 397 |
| TN | HB0772 | Pass | As enacted, provides that a candidate's name may only be printed on the ballot if it is the name of a person whom the chair of a statewide political party has certified to be placed on the ballot for the office of president to the secretary of state;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Effective date(s) 05/11/2023 |
| TN | SB1182 | Pass | As enacted, provides that a candidate's name may only be printed on the ballot if it is the name of a person whom the chair of a statewide political party has certified to be placed on the ballot for the office of president to the secretary of state;...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-19
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 389 |
| TN | SB1007 | Pass | As enacted, revises present law relative to procedures for voting at a polling place. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Effective date(s) 05/05/2023 |
| TN | HB1254 | Pass | As enacted, revises present law relative to procedures for voting at a polling place. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-17
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 346 |
| TN | SB0477 | Pass | As enacted, makes changes to law relative to convenient voting centers, including authorizing Henry County to establish a convenient voting center pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 4/28/2023 |
| TN | HB0632 | Pass | As enacted, makes changes to law relative to convenient voting centers, including authorizing Henry County to establish a convenient voting center pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 262 |
| TN | HB0882 | Pass | As enacted, allows a candidate to demand and receive a list of all voters who changed their residential address at the polling place; requires a recount to include the verification of any address of residence changed at the polling place. - Amends TC...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 204 |
| TN | SB0854 | Pass | As enacted, allows a candidate to demand and receive a list of all voters who changed their residential address at the polling place; requires a recount to include the verification of any address of residence changed at the polling place. - Amends TC...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-05-03
Effective date(s) 04/24/2023 |
| TN | HB0505 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to notify individuals filing a petition for recall, referendum, or initiative to notify the individuals of a defect in the petition that must be cured prior to certification for final approval....
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-05
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB0475 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires election officials to meet at the polling place at least 45 minutes ahead of the time for opening the polls rather than 30 minutes. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04
Taken off notice for cal. in Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB0499 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the officers of a party to file with the secretary of state and with the coordinator of elections a copy of the rules under which the party and its subdivisions operate within 15 days, instead of 30 days, following adoption in...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04
Taken off notice for cal. in Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0598 | Intro
25% | As introduced, allows a person who is excluded as a candidate from a primary ballot based on a determination that the person is not a bona fide member of the political party to qualify as an independent candidate if the nominating petition is filed w...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1052 | Intro
25% | As introduced, authorizes a person incarcerated in a penal institution to vote by absentee ballot if the person has not been convicted of a felony. - Amends TCA Section 2-6-201.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB1166 | Intro
25% | As introduced, prescribes duties for certain persons for purposes of assisting an individual with registering to vote following restoration of suffrage rights. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Criminal Justice Committee |
| TN | SB1073 | Intro
25% | As introduced, prescribes duties for certain persons for purposes of assisting an individual with registering to vote following restoration of suffrage rights. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-04
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB0274 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires candidates for elective office who are unaffiliated with a statewide political party to disclose their unaffiliated status on sample or informational ballots used for campaigning purposes. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
Returned to the Clerk's Desk. |
| TN | HB0974 | Intro
25% | As introduced, reduces, from 30 days to 15 days prior to an election, the time period during which a person cannot register to vote or alter the person's voter registration. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1241 | Intro
25% | As introduced, removes the permanent deprivation of the right of suffrage upon conviction of certain infamous crimes; changes the revocation of a person's voting rights pursuant to a conviction for an infamous crime to a temporary suspension of votin...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB1461 | Intro
25% | As introduced, adds the election for city mayors to the list of races required to be automatically audited by a county election commission selected to conduct an audit. - Amends TCA Title 2.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0136 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires reports of deaths in relation to maintaining voter registration lists to include the date of the death; requires the coordinator of elections to prepare a report for the general assembly regarding deaths of registered voters. ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
