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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes Hamblen County to participate in the convenience voting center pilot project. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3."
+description: "Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes Hamblen County to participate in the convenience voting center pilot project. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "SB 981"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 981 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Election Laws"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Southerland"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 20
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-02-05"
+last_action: "2025-05-13"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bcd458d3-fd45-471c-84b1-747b61910535"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0981&ga=114"
+source_hash: "23e6554c7afd1286acff7c3bbb5ffa5ac06f3155b67a54f2154bb0e89c8e5d02"
+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 SB 981 (114) — Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes Hamblen County to participate in the convenience voting center pilot project. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0981.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Southerland — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
+- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
+- **2025-04-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
+- **2025-04-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2025-04-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/7/2025
+- **2025-04-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2025-04-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2025-04-09** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
+- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
+- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 384
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bcd458d3-fd45-471c-84b1-747b61910535`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+