Tennessee Senate Bill 1315 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 9-0)
Status: Passed on May 18 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-05-18 - Effective date(s) 01/01/2022
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Election Integrity Act," which requires that absentee ballots, other than ballots authorized by state or federal law to be delivered electronically to qualified voters who are entitled to vote by absentee ballot, include a watermark approved by the coordinator of elections; requires a counting board official to verify that the absentee ballots contain the watermark and reject any ballot that does not bear the watermark. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17, relative to the "Tennessee Election Integrity Act".

Sen. Joseph Hensley [R]	Sen. Janince Bowling [R]	Sen. Paul Bailey [R]	Sen. Ferrell Haile [R]
Sen. Mark Pody [R]	Sen. Shane Reeves [R]	Sen. Paul Rose [R]	Sen. John Stevens [R]
Sen. Dawn White [R]

2021-04-27 - House - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 92 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-26 - Senate - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration (Y: 27 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-04-13 - Senate - SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-05-18		Effective date(s) 01/01/2022
2021-05-18		Pub. Ch. 374
2021-05-11	Senate	Signed by Governor.
2021-05-03	Senate	Transmitted to Governor for action.
2021-04-30	House	Signed by H. Speaker
2021-04-28	Senate	Signed by Senate Speaker
2021-04-28	Senate	Enrolled and ready for signatures
2021-04-27	House	Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0
2021-04-27	House	Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0321)
2021-04-27	House	Subst. for comp. HB.
2021-04-26	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2021-04-26	Senate	Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0, PNV 1
2021-04-26	Senate	Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0286)
2021-04-26	Senate	Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
2021-04-26	Senate	Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
2021-04-23	Senate	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
2021-04-14	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2021-04-13	Senate	Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 1
2021-04-07	Senate	Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
2021-04-06	Senate	Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
2021-04-05	Senate	Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
2021-02-22	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
2021-02-11	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2021-02-11	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1276 (Crossfiled) 2021-05-18 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 374

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1315&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1315.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/112/pub/pc0374.pdf
Amendment	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0286.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/HB1276.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/FM1101.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1315&ga=112