---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, disqualifies an administrator of elections from serving as administrator if the administrator qualifies as a candidate for public office; requires the administrator to be recused from official duties at least 30 days prior to an election in which an immediate family member of the administrator is on the ballot; clarifies that an administrator who is recused from official duties does not receive compensation during the recusal. - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, disqualifies an administrator of elections from serving as administrator if the administrator qualifies as a candidate for public office; requires the administrator to be recused from official duties at least 30 days prior to an election in which an immediate family member of the administrator is on the ballot; clarifies that an administrator who is recused from official duties does not receive compensation during the recusal. - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1897"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1897 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rudd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-22"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2a057ee2-5f55-4003-8643-550b1fa14906"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1897&GA=113"
source_hash: "6766f4fbb384ff4218ddea68a2c6c30ee3d0a3c1021fc275cc3c9eb1eb2fd315"
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 1897 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, disqualifies an administrator of elections from serving as administrator if the administrator qualifies as a candidate for public office; requires the administrator to be recused from official duties at least 30 days prior to an election in which an immediate family member of the administrator is on the ballot; clarifies that an administrator who is recused from official duties does not receive compensation during the recusal. - Amends TCA Title 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0536** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0536.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0540** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0540.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1897.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024 2/15/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/29/2024 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — **87–4** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/7/2024 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/13/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/7/2024
- **2024-02-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2024
- **2024-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-22** Reset on cal. for 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0536) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-02-26** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-02-26** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0536) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-29** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0540)
- **2024-02-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-02-29** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
- **2024-03-26** Pub. Ch. 579

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2a057ee2-5f55-4003-8643-550b1fa14906`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).