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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Election Laws - As enacted, allows voter who was issued an absentee ballot to vote a provisional ballot. - Amends TCA Section 2-6-301 and Section 2-7-112."
+description: "Election Laws - As enacted, allows voter who was issued an absentee ballot to vote a provisional ballot. - Amends TCA Section 2-6-301 and Section 2-7-112."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "HB 1578"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 1578 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Election Laws"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Lundberg"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 33
+vote_count: 3
+first_action: "2018-01-17"
+last_action: "2018-04-23"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b84e9dae-0ec2-484d-baf4-86b2c18b1082"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1578&GA=110"
+source_hash: "f9a234b59b39df1680c87fcdebd9a56cf930800432f7a0440ff456a3352c16d9"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee HB 1578 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, allows voter who was issued an absentee ballot to vote a provisional ballot. - Amends TCA Section 2-6-301 and Section 2-7-112.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1578.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018 3/29/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/21/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Crawford — primary (person)
+- Lundberg — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2018-01-17** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-18** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2018-01-22** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-22** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
+- **2018-02-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
+- **2018-02-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/27/2018
+- **2018-02-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
+- **2018-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2018-03-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/5/2018
+- **2018-03-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2018-03-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
+- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/27/2018
+- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
+- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
+- **2018-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2018-04-02** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2018-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2018-04-02** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2018-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2018-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 726
+- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 726
+- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/18/2018
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b84e9dae-0ec2-484d-baf4-86b2c18b1082`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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