---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, changes the date by which a county election commission may begin voting at nursing homes from 29 days before the election to 27 days before the election. - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, changes the date by which a county election commission may begin voting at nursing homes from 29 days before the election to 27 days before the election. - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2391"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2391 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lafferty"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bee7e9f9-86cb-4c13-9b96-e5311b692359"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2391&GA=113"
source_hash: "06e62916b62a86e9410c86cd58672df514e10aeb335b2c220f04678c9f6ef6d7"
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 2391 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, changes the date by which a county election commission may begin voting at nursing homes from 29 days before the election to 27 days before the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2391.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/21/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/1/2024 Passed (1) — **26–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2024 Passed (1) — **67–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/11/2024 3/7/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lafferty — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2024-02-13** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-13** Ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-27** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/5/2024
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Rec. for pass; 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 3/14/2024
- **2024-03-11** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2024-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 67, Nays 21, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/22/2024
- **2024-05-01** Pub. Ch. 757

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bee7e9f9-86cb-4c13-9b96-e5311b692359`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).