---
type: "Bill"
title: "County Clerks - As enacted, requires a person seeking to qualify for election to the office of county clerk to be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for county clerk. - Amends TCA Title 18, Chapter 6."
description: "County Clerks - As enacted, requires a person seeking to qualify for election to the office of county clerk to be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for county clerk. - Amends TCA Title 18, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2284"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2284 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["County Clerks"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lowe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-30"
last_action: "2024-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f4507243-5f93-41b5-b397-4b6166e41fce"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2284&GA=113"
source_hash: "6e6db9dd78f9b2ec48a54719aa4474521a804038c7e70471b99eb272296e747b"
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 2284 (113) — County Clerks - As enacted, requires a person seeking to qualify for election to the office of county clerk to be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for county clerk. - Amends TCA Title 18, Chapter 6.

## 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/SB2284.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/5/2024 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Lowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/27/2024
- **2024-02-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/5/2024
- **2024-02-27** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-03-08** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/11/2024
- **2024-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-03-26** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-08** Effective date(s) 04/04/2024
- **2024-04-08** Pub. Ch. 647

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f4507243-5f93-41b5-b397-4b6166e41fce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).