| TN | SB0285 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2023-03-28 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0474 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2023-03-28 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0595 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires election commissions to purge registration records at least 50 days, instead of at least 90 days, before an election; requires the coordinator of elections to take certain actions regarding paper ballots; authorizes, beginning... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0646 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a county election commission to issue a notice requiring removal of campaign signs if the signs have not been removed from highway rights-of-way or other publicly owned property within three weeks after an election; authorizes... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0716 | Fail | As introduced, requires each county election commission to post on the commission's website a listing of all purged registration records within five days after a county election commission purges the voting registration records. - Amends TCA Title 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28 Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0821 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections to take certain actions regarding paper ballots; authorizes, beginning with the 2024 election cycle, county election commissions to use hand-marked paper ballots; authorizes certification of result... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0729 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, ensures that all full-time residents of nursing homes are entitled to vote by absentee ballot regardless of whether the county election commission conducts on site voting at the nursing home facility; reduces from 45 to 30 days the per... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0942 | Fail | 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] | 2023-03-28 Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB0193 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes provisions authorizing the establishment of convenient voting centers. - Amends TCA Title 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB0246 | Fail | 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] | 2023-03-22 Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB0635 | Fail | As introduced, requires election commissions to purge registration records at least 50 days, instead of at least 90 days, before an election; requires the coordinator of elections to take certain actions regarding paper ballots; authorizes, beginning... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB0600 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes the elements and classification of certain criminal offenses related to distribution of applications for absentee ballots. - Amends TCA Section 2-6-202. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB0603 | Fail | As introduced, requires a county election commission to issue a notice requiring removal of campaign signs if the signs have not been removed from highway rights-of-way or other publicly owned property within three weeks after an election; authorizes... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB0730 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, ensures that all full-time residents of nursing homes are entitled to vote by absentee ballot regardless of whether the county election commission conducts on site voting at the nursing home facility; reduces from 45 to 30 days the per... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB1020 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the judges at a polling place to hand count and record the number of ballots counted and compare such number with the tally sheets after the polling place is closed. - Amends TCA Title 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB1399 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a county election commission to publish notice of the procedure for voting by absentee ballot in a runoff election in a municipality either on the commission's website or in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipali... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0176 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2023-03-21 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0326 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, changes the elements and classification of certain criminal offenses related to distribution of applications for absentee ballots. - Amends TCA Section 2-6-202. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB1045 | Fail | As introduced, requires each voter to declare a political party affiliation or that the voter is unaffiliated with a political party on voter registration; authorizes political parties to allow unaffiliated voters to vote in that political party's pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB1094 | Fail | As introduced, requires the judges at a polling place to hand count and record the number of ballots counted and compare such number with the tally sheets after the polling place is closed. - Amends TCA Title 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee - no second |
| TN | SB1158 | Fail | As introduced, changes from January 15 to January 1, the time by which the state coordinator of elections must annually file a report with the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of repre... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1108 | Fail | As introduced, deletes provisions authorizing the establishment of convenient voting centers. - Amends TCA Title 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21 Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee - no second |
| TN | HB0169 | Fail | 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] | 2023-03-15 Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1527 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a county election commission to publish notice of the procedure for voting by absentee ballot in a runoff election in a municipality either on the commission's website or in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipali... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-14 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB0636 | Engross
Sine Die | 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] | 2023-03-13 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration |
| TN | HB0871 | Engross
Sine Die | As introduced, changes from January 15 to January 1, the time by which the state coordinator of elections must annually file a report with the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of repre... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-09 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration |
| TN | HB0538 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires department of safety to automatically register a qualified person to vote from information on an application for a driver license or photo identification card unless the person opts out. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 4. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB0434 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, reduces from 15 percent to 1 percent the number of signatures of qualified voters necessary to file a petition for recall in certain charter counties if the county governing body adopts a resolution of no confidence in a county officer... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07 Taken off notice for cal. in Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0950 | Fail | As introduced, requires department of safety to automatically register a qualified person to vote from information on an application for a driver license or photo identification card unless the person opts out. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 4. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07 Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB0946 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the last four digits of a voter's social security number to be included on the voter registration form and application for an absentee ballot, instead of the entire social security number. - Amends TCA Title 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-28 Deferred to Summer Study |
| TN | HB0173 | Fail | As introduced, requires county election commissions to include three non-binding questions related to the legalization of marijuana on the November 2024 ballot; requires the secretary of state to compile the results of the public policy opinion poll ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22 Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB1398 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires each county election commission to post on the commission's website a listing of all purged registration records within five days after a county election commission purges the voting registration records. - Amends TCA Title 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-22 Reset on Final cal. of Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB1493 | Fail | As introduced, requires the secretary of state and each county election commission to publish certain information with each election-related communication disseminated to one or more residents in this state regarding the availability of a state-issue... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-15 Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee |
| TN | HB1099 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes provisions authorizing early voting; deletes provision authorizing a person other than the voter to fill out a request for an absentee ballot for the voter. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-09 Withdrawn. |
| TN | HB0956 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections to take certain actions regarding paper ballots; authorizes, beginning with the 2024 election cycle, county election commissions to use hand-marked paper ballots; authorizes certification of result... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB0816 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes a county election commission to designate a polling place outside of the precinct it is to serve for certain municipal elections only if the polling place serves not more than 50 registered voters of the municipality. - Amen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB0863 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes Warren County to participate in a pilot project utilizing convenient voting centers. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB1069 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the last four digits of a voter's social security number to be included on the voter registration form and application for an absentee ballot, instead of the entire social security number. - Amends TCA Title 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-07 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| TN | HB1304 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2023-02-07 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |
| TN | SB1017 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the secretary of state and each county election commission to publish certain information with each election-related communication disseminated to one or more residents in this state regarding the availability of a state-issue... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1133 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the state coordinator of elections to notify, in writing, the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives of any vacancy that occurs on the state election commission when the general assembly is not i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1144 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires each voter to declare a political party affiliation or that the voter is unaffiliated with a political party on voter registration; authorizes political parties to allow unaffiliated voters to vote in that political party's pr... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1101 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, deletes provisions authorizing early voting; deletes provision authorizing a person other than the voter to fill out a request for an absentee ballot for the voter. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1411 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires county election commissions to include three non-binding questions related to the legalization of marijuana on the November 2024 ballot; requires the secretary of state to compile the results of the public policy opinion poll ... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1454 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes a county election commission to designate a polling place outside of the precinct it is to serve for certain municipal elections only if the polling place serves not more than 50 registered voters of the municipality. - Amen... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1483 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2023-02-06 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1517 | Intro
Sine Die | 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] | 2023-02-06 To Senate State and Local Government Committee |
| TN | SB1118 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes Warren County to participate in a pilot project utilizing convenient voting centers. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-03 Withdrawn. |
| TN | HB1448 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the state coordinator of elections to notify, in writing, the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives of any vacancy that occurs on the state election commission when the general assembly is not i... [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. |
| TN | HB0428 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires a brief summary of any question, regardless of length, submitted to the people for a vote. - Amends TCA Title 2. [Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-01 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee |