---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, requires statewide political party campaign committees to pay a registration fee to the registry of election finance; clarifies that payment of the fee by one affiliated political campaign committee includes any disclosed affiliated committees. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-121."
description: "Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, requires statewide political party campaign committees to pay a registration fee to the registry of election finance; clarifies that payment of the fee by one affiliated political campaign committee includes any disclosed affiliated committees. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-121."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 234"
citation: "Tennessee SB 234 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaigns and Campaign Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57c14793-6ace-4eea-8ec4-74626bcd5912"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0234&GA=111"
source_hash: "96be388b1bba3206914825f75fa88bbd9a857ad17997b97d16f24c61aee05486"
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 234 (111) — Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, requires statewide political party campaign committees to pay a registration fee to the registry of election finance; clarifies that payment of the fee by one affiliated political campaign committee includes any disclosed affiliated committees. - Amends TCA Section 2-10-121.

## 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/SB0234.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/5/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/20/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/28/2019 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/13/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019 3/7/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommend for passage 2/26/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-06** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-13** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-20** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means 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.
- **2019-03-05** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-07** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-03-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 77
- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 04/01/2019
- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 77

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57c14793-6ace-4eea-8ec4-74626bcd5912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).