---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, disqualifies an officer of a multicandidate political campaign committee from running for a state or local public office if the multicandidate political campaign committee has not paid a lawfully assessed civil penalty for a violation of the financial disclosure laws or the campaign contribution laws within 30 days; revises other provisions regarding political campaign committees. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10."
description: "Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, disqualifies an officer of a multicandidate political campaign committee from running for a state or local public office if the multicandidate political campaign committee has not paid a lawfully assessed civil penalty for a violation of the financial disclosure laws or the campaign contribution laws within 30 days; revises other provisions regarding political campaign committees. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1179"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1179 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaigns and Campaign Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Moody", "White"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 48
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a2797af4-7114-44fe-a5dc-52f6aaf798c8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1179&GA=112"
source_hash: "5db3672cfd32d298321e2a617ec9cd3a5bdee299091321757214cfb05e825eb3"
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 1179 (112) — Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, disqualifies an officer of a multicandidate political campaign committee from running for a state or local public office if the multicandidate political campaign committee has not paid a lawfully assessed civil penalty for a violation of the financial disclosure laws or the campaign contribution laws within 30 days; revises other provisions regarding political campaign committees. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0355** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0355.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0411** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0411.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0102** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0102.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0208** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0208.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1179.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/10/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/28/2021 Passed (1) — **71–18** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2021 Passed (4) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/8/2021 Passed (2) — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Amend# 2 by Yager 4/8/2021 Passed (3) — **25–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/1/2021 3/25/2021 Failed (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Moody — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-04-01** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-08** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2021-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0208)
- **2021-04-08** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0102)
- **2021-04-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/21
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Reset on cal. for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/28/21
- **2021-04-22** Reset on cal. for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-28** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 18, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-28** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0411) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0355) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-28** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Concurred, Ayes 21, Nays 8 (Amendment 2 - HA0411) `passage`
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 487
- **2021-05-21** Effective date(s) 05/18/2021
- **2021-05-21** Pub. Ch. 487

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a2797af4-7114-44fe-a5dc-52f6aaf798c8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).