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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40."
+description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "HB 686"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 686 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Election Laws"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Beavers", "VanHuss"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 6
+first_action: "2017-02-08"
+last_action: "2017-05-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7566096b-1398-484b-9d1d-a8c5951d47a5"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0686&GA=110"
+source_hash: "7e6cf8834f4e0dd7790feccec8ad091d416504915ee89536c3948c25ce910f3a"
+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 686 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.
+
+## 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/HB0686.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2017 Passed (1) — **26–1** (pass) · upper
+- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/28/2017 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2017 Passed — **60–26** (pass) · lower
+- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017 3/9/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2017 Passed (1) — **69–20** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Beavers — primary (person)
+- VanHuss — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
+- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2017
+- **2017-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 2/28/2017
+- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
+- **2017-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/7/2017
+- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
+- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017
+- **2017-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2017-03-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-03-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0036) `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
+- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
+- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2017
+- **2017-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
+- **2017-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0286)
+- **2017-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2017-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2017-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2017-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 246
+- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
+- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 246
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7566096b-1398-484b-9d1d-a8c5951d47a5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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