Bills

9,116 bills moved in Tennessee’s legislature in two years. 3,942 became law.

Introduced: 1,797
In committee: 2,265
Passed a chamber: 999
Became law: 3,942
Vetoed, failed or withdrawn: 113

Bills matching “elections”, coming back, in Tennessee’s legislatureClear all

Must be reintroduced next sessionElection Laws - As introduced, requires the legislative body of each municipality to change the date of municipal elections to coincide with the August primary or November general election; makes municipal elections partisan; standardizes the election timetable for referendums for the incorporation of a new municipality. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6 and Title 7.HB 1497Passed first chamber · Apr 22IntroducedPassed a chamberBecame law
Must be reintroduced next sessionMorristown - Subject to local approval, makes the elections for council members at-large elections; eliminates council wards. - Amends Chapter 103 of the Acts of 1903; as amended and rewritten.SB 2704Passed first chamber · Mar 2IntroducedPassed a chamberBecame law
Must be reintroduced next sessionElection Laws - As introduced, changes the deadline, from January 31 to January 15, for the coordinator of elections to file a report with the state and local government committee of the senate and the local government committee of the house of representatives following an election conducted under a convenience voting pilot project. - Amends TCA Title 2.SB 2517Passed first chamber · Feb 5IntroducedPassed a chamberBecame law
Must be reintroduced next sessionElection Laws - As introduced, requires the state coordinator of elections to monthly compare the statewide voter registration database with relevant databases of state and federal agencies to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state; revises documents that may be provided to prove United States citizenship upon request by a county election commission; revises the process of appealing a determination that an individual is not qualified to vote based upon citizenSB 348Passed first chamber · Feb 12, 2025IntroducedPassed a chamberBecame law
Must be reintroduced next sessionLocal Education Agencies - As introduced, authorizes recall elections in all counties for members of local boards of education. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2.SB 649Passed first chamber · Feb 12, 2025IntroducedPassed a chamberBecame law
Must be reintroduced next sessionElection Laws - 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 order for the party to have nominees on a ballot or exercise other rights of a political party. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 17; Title 27; Title 39; Title 40; TiSB 366Passed first chamber · Feb 12, 2025IntroducedPassed a chamberBecame law
Must be reintroduced next sessionElection Laws - As introduced, provides a method for a nonrecognized minor party seeking recognition as a recognized minor party that notified the coordinator of elections that it seeks to nominate by primary election to rescind that notification; corrects a statutory reference. - Amends TCA Title 2.SB 153Passed first chamber · Jan 27, 2025IntroducedPassed a chamberBecame law

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The latest floor votes in Tennessee’s legislature

Memorials, Death - U.S. Senator James Ralph Sasser -HJR 8	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	May 6
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Emma Sue Gray, Valedictorian, Stone Memorial High School -SJR 1278	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Apr 23
Memorials, Recognition - Dresden High School, Anne Dallas Dudley Award -HJR 1485	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Apr 23
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Addy Cocke, Valedictorian, White County High School -SJR 1265	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Apr 23
Memorials, Recognition - Sloan Darby, 2026 Miss Greenfield Princess -HJR 1498	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Apr 23
Memorials, Academic Achievement - Maureen O'Neil, Valedictorian, Upperman High School -HJR 1651	Passed	Not recorded	Not recorded	Apr 23

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