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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires certain state and county officials to consult with the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives prior to entering into consent decrees to change state election laws or rules; gives the general assembly legal standing to file an action against such state officials for violating election laws. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 1."
+description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires certain state and county officials to consult with the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives prior to entering into consent decrees to change state election laws or rules; gives the general assembly legal standing to file an action against such state officials for violating election laws. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 1."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "HB 2483"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 2483 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Election Laws"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Zachary"]
+version_count: 3
+action_count: 41
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2022-02-01"
+last_action: "2022-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cb04d791-1ceb-4543-9c64-132eb8dcb2af"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2483&GA=112"
+source_hash: "526a295125f574da93e618e0499de3d17ba0936345f6f86a4e64c624b0528c5b"
+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 2483 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires certain state and county officials to consult with the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives prior to entering into consent decrees to change state election laws or rules; gives the general assembly legal standing to file an action against such state officials for violating election laws. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 1.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0566** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0566.pdf)
+2. **Amendment SA0888** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0888.pdf)
+3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2483.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022 3/3/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/23/2022 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/13/2022 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2022 Passed (2) — **69–20** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/5/2022 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2022 Passed (1) — **69–21** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Briggs — primary (person)
+- Zachary — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
+- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
+- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
+- **2022-02-16** Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 2/23/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/1/2022
+- **2022-02-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
+- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
+- **2022-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-03-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 21, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2022-03-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0566) `amendment-passage`
+- **2022-03-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
+- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
+- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2022
+- **2022-03-23** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Comittee to 03/29/2022
+- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2022
+- **2022-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
+- **2022-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/13/2022
+- **2022-04-13** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
+- **2022-04-13** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0888)
+- **2022-04-13** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2022-04-13** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2022-04-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2022-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
+- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 947
+- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 947
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cb04d791-1ceb-4543-9c64-132eb8dcb2af`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+