---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes Rutherford County to establish a program to operate convenient voting centers for federal, state, and local elections under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes Rutherford County to establish a program to operate convenient voting centers for federal, state, and local elections under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 726"
citation: "Tennessee SB 726 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Reeves", "Rudd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3ec6ea1e-c5e1-4da7-908e-92606110b9ee"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0726&GA=111"
source_hash: "6af0f581ea36df854e4fa74c21c3c4e083331b61e7f750c666c26bfd4f014f6b"
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 726 (111) — Election Laws - As enacted, authorizes Rutherford County to establish a program to operate convenient voting centers for federal, state, and local elections under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3.

## 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/111/Bill/SB0726.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/9/2019 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/6/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Reeves — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
- **2019-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 234
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 234
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3ec6ea1e-c5e1-4da7-908e-92606110b9ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).