---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, revises various provisions governing elections, including provisions regarding supplemental voter registration drives. - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, revises various provisions governing elections, including provisions regarding supplemental voter registration drives. - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2298"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2298 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jackson", "Rudd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 42
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-02-04"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/783413df-6965-4502-8f27-885d1f97da40"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2298&GA=111"
source_hash: "21c085659ec29b6203927237f2a60747e1ce1d3fd902054fed1d08ce48795d2d"
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 2298 (111) — Election Laws - As enacted, revises various provisions governing elections, including provisions regarding supplemental voter registration drives. - Amends TCA Title 2.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0564** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0564.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0658** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0658.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2298.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/19/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020 3/5/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/18/2020 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — **75–20** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jackson — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2020-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-02-10** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-25** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 20, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0564) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-10** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-16** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. S&L Govt. Comm 3/17/20
- **2020-03-17** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-17** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. S&L Govt. Comm.
- **2020-03-17** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020
- **2020-03-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2020-03-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-03-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2020-03-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0658)
- **2020-03-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-03-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 654
- **2020-04-06** Pub. Ch. 654
- **2020-04-06** Effective date(s) 04/02/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/783413df-6965-4502-8f27-885d1f97da40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).