---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, restricts political activity of members of the registry of election finance only during the duration of their term rather than during their term and one year subsequent to their term. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-203."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, restricts political activity of members of the registry of election finance only during the duration of their term rather than during their term and one year subsequent to their term. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-203."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1487"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1487 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/79ebf0d8-83d8-49cc-9c6e-18cf3e770b38"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1487&GA=111"
source_hash: "7634a711253c8469aa3c1405f7a696fb649948b1a44f99fd2283d68594f06a94"
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 1487 (111) — Election Laws - As enacted, restricts political activity of members of the registry of election finance only during the duration of their term rather than during their term and one year subsequent to their term. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-203.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1487.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **98–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/28/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Intro. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P1C.
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-18** Passed H., Ayes 98, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-19** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 78
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 78
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/79ebf0d8-83d8-49cc-9c6e-18cf3e770b38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).