Tennessee House Bill 2634 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 20 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-20 - Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, removes the requirement that a registered voter be a bona fide member of, affiliated with, or declare allegiance to a political party in order to vote in a political party's primary election; removes the requirement that the officer of elections at each polling place post a sign stating that it is a crime to vote in a political party's primary election without being a bona fide member of, or affiliated with, that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 7, relative to primary elections.

Rep. Sam McKenzie [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-20	House	Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
2024-03-13	House	Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/20/2024
2024-02-07	House	Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
2024-02-05	House	P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee
2024-02-01	House	Intro., P1C.
2024-01-31	House	Filed for introduction

SB2345 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-27 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2634&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2634.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB2345.pdf