TN HB0561 | 2021-2022 | 112th General Assembly
Status
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: Introduced on February 5 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-03-09 - Sponsor(s) Added.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Status: Introduced on February 5 2021 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2022-03-09 - Sponsor(s) Added.
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]
Summary
As introduced, changes the revocation of a person's voting rights pursuant to a conviction for certain infamous crimes to a temporary suspension of voting rights for the period of confinement, probation, or parole; automatically restores a person's voting rights upon release from confinement, probation, or parole. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.
Title
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 40, relative to voting rights.
Sponsors
History
| Date | Chamber | Action |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-03-09 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2022-03-09 | House | Def. to Summer Study in Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| 2022-03-02 | House | Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/9/2022 |
| 2021-04-07 | House | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| 2021-03-31 | House | Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 4/7/2021 |
| 2021-03-03 | House | Sponsor(s) Added. |
| 2021-02-10 | House | Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| 2021-02-10 | House | P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee |
| 2021-02-08 | House | Intro., P1C. |
| 2021-02-05 | House | Filed for introduction |
Same As/Similar To
SB0018 (Crossfiled) 2022-03-23 - Deferred to Summer Study
