---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, revises and expands the manner in which the secretary of state and county election commissions must audit state and local elections. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 20 and Title 2, Chapter 5."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, revises and expands the manner in which the secretary of state and county election commissions must audit state and local elections. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 20 and Title 2, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2585"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2585 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Rudd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4ce7bd3-7880-4139-9966-767c60fca80b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2585&GA=112"
source_hash: "3c52543f75f898d32e93af9d0f0272b5abd26f911b4e88bf3de470858e3db87b"
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 2585 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, revises and expands the manner in which the secretary of state and county election commissions must audit state and local elections. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 20 and Title 2, Chapter 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0840** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0840.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0738** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0738.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2585.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/29/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/12/2022 Passed (2) — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2022 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/13/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2022 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/23/2022 (5) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Intro. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** P1C.
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-08** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor change.
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-21** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0738)
- **2022-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-25** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-25** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-25** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0840) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 965
- **2022-05-06** Effective date(s) 05/02/2022
- **2022-05-06** Pub. Ch. 965

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4ce7bd3-7880-4139-9966-767c60fca80b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).