---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106 and Section 2-2-141."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106 and Section 2-2-141."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 835"
citation: "Tennessee HB 835 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Richey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb4357a1-0e73-4a65-af50-55d7aa9b5518"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0835&GA=113"
source_hash: "497ed24718440cf0bf786bc1a09798adbe6f32c1f44693cf4b565bf28211f83e"
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 835 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106 and Section 2-2-141.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0409** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0409.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0815** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0815.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0341** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0341.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA1001** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA1001.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0835.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2024 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024 3/28/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/11/2023 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2024 Passed — **26–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2024 Passed (1) — **75–22** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/29/2023 Passed — **4–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Richey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/4/2023
- **2023-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-04** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 4/11/2023
- **2023-04-05** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/11/2023
- **2023-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/18/2023
- **2023-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-18** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2023-04-19** Re-ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-12** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-20** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2024
- **2024-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2024
- **2024-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0815) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0409) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-08** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1001)
- **2024-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0341)
- **2024-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 900

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb4357a1-0e73-4a65-af50-55d7aa9b5518`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).