---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the \"Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the \"Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1794"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1794 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rudd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-10"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4bc8ec00-b379-4f71-a0a5-89d9584d325e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1794&GA=113"
source_hash: "4260356d711599b6a79fcd50968fe4a3f32f36b8af526eb7155516e47c238700"
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 1794 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act." - Amends TCA Title 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0638** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0638.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0890** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0890.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1794.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/28/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2024 Passed (1) — **72–16** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2024 Passed — **72–20** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-22** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-22** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/14/2024
- **2024-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-05** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2024
- **2024-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024
- **2024-03-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2024
- **2024-03-11** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2024-03-18** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 16, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2024-03-18** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0638) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0890)
- **2024-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/23/2024
- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 787

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4bc8ec00-b379-4f71-a0a5-89d9584d325e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).