--- type: "Bill" title: "Election Laws - As enacted, specifies that the prohibition on an elected official or an employee of a municipal, county, state, or federal governmental body or agency serving as a member of a county election commission does not disqualify an employee of a county or city school system who does not work directly under the supervision of an elected official from serving as a member of the county election commission. - Amends TCA Title 2." description: "Election Laws - As enacted, specifies that the prohibition on an elected official or an employee of a municipal, county, state, or federal governmental body or agency serving as a member of a county election commission does not disqualify an employee of a county or city school system who does not work directly under the supervision of an elected official from serving as a member of the county election commission. - Amends TCA Title 2." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "112" identifier: "SB 2230" citation: "Tennessee SB 2230 (112)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Election Laws"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Pody", "Rudd"] version_count: 3 action_count: 34 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2022-02-01" last_action: "2022-04-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c38f16d-2629-40bd-a1d4-ce749261e6fd" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2230&GA=112" source_hash: "8971250a3e7abe97e717acb6e03c4f15d7d17762db7ed975e153a8b24f65e88e" 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 2230 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, specifies that the prohibition on an elected official or an employee of a municipal, county, state, or federal governmental body or agency serving as a member of a county election commission does not disqualify an employee of a county or city school system who does not work directly under the supervision of an elected official from serving as a member of the county election commission. - Amends TCA Title 2. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Amendment HA0839** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0839.pdf) 2. **Amendment SA0778** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0778.pdf) 3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2230.pdf) ## Votes - HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/23/2022 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower - HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **24–5** (pass) · upper - HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower ## Sponsors - Pody — primary (person) - Rudd — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee - **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee` - **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022 - **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/23/2022 - **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2022 - **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2022 - **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1 - **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 Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022 - **2022-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 - **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 - **2022-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2022-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0839) `amendment-withdrawal` - **2022-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2022-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2022-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 5 `passage` - **2022-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0778) - **2022-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2022-04-04** Comp. SB subst. - **2022-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2022-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker - **2022-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/14/2022 - **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 880 - **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 880 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c38f16d-2629-40bd-a1d4-ce749261e6fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).