---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, requires that sworn complaints on a statement of a candidate for state public office or a statewide political campaign committee be filed in the office of the registry of election finance; requires that sworn complaints on a statement of a candidate for local public office or a local political campaign committee be filed in the office of the district attorney general who represents the judicial district in which the voter resides. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10."
description: "Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, requires that sworn complaints on a statement of a candidate for state public office or a statewide political campaign committee be filed in the office of the registry of election finance; requires that sworn complaints on a statement of a candidate for local public office or a local political campaign committee be filed in the office of the district attorney general who represents the judicial district in which the voter resides. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2302"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2302 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaigns and Campaign Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Mannis", "Massey"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7f1c994e-dc20-4049-abef-0dcc0c72a55d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2302&GA=112"
source_hash: "f4030fae444a079c9107920335d8e35fdc5cccf035a153a5510fcd8f7749cd1a"
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 2302 (112) — Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, requires that sworn complaints on a statement of a candidate for state public office or a statewide political campaign committee be filed in the office of the registry of election finance; requires that sworn complaints on a statement of a candidate for local public office or a local political campaign committee be filed in the office of the district attorney general who represents the judicial district in which the voter resides. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0838** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0838.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0727** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0727.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2302.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **83–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Mannis — primary (person)
- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0727)
- **2022-04-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/22
- **2022-04-04** Reset on cal. for 4/7/2022
- **2022-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0838) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 901
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 901

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7f1c994e-dc20-4049-abef-0dcc0c72a55d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).