---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires that a candidate for county legislative body, constable, trustee, register, assessor of property, school board, or chief administrative officer of the highway department be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year; requires that a candidate for clerk of a general sessions, circuit, criminal, or other special court be a qualified voter of the county and resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for the office. - Amends TCA Section 5-5-102; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 18; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2; Title 54, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 5."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires that a candidate for county legislative body, constable, trustee, register, assessor of property, school board, or chief administrative officer of the highway department be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year; requires that a candidate for clerk of a general sessions, circuit, criminal, or other special court be a qualified voter of the county and resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for the office. - Amends TCA Section 5-5-102; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 18; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2; Title 54, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1952"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1952 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Russell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8fd0451d-b836-4356-b723-46d7c8e5fdb5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1952&GA=112"
source_hash: "5e85ab953b8dae39b970e9fa3ba1690c887224458a98b466094d20ea71233d81"
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 1952 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires that a candidate for county legislative body, constable, trustee, register, assessor of property, school board, or chief administrative officer of the highway department be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year; requires that a candidate for clerk of a general sessions, circuit, criminal, or other special court be a qualified voter of the county and resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for the office. - Amends TCA Section 5-5-102; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 18; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2; Title 54, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0567** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0567.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0636** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0636.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1952.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/23/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Russell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-28** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-01** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0567) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-14** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-15** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0636)
- **2022-03-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 809
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 09/01/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 809

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8fd0451d-b836-4356-b723-46d7c8e5fdb5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).