---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, revises the definition of \"contribution,\" for purposes of financial disclosures under the state's campaign finance laws, to include an activity done independently of or in coordination with a candidate, candidate's political campaign committee, or agent, related to the development, production, and use of canvassing literature and scripts to be used in a door-knocking campaign for a candidate's election. - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, revises the definition of \"contribution,\" for purposes of financial disclosures under the state's campaign finance laws, to include an activity done independently of or in coordination with a candidate, candidate's political campaign committee, or agent, related to the development, production, and use of canvassing literature and scripts to be used in a door-knocking campaign for a candidate's election. - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1073"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1073 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-05"
last_action: "2025-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6af22075-2cf5-49db-a370-fb22943f6561"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1073&ga=114"
source_hash: "b1900bd3d416932b8de73be8419a1ce6219714784c5ce438fbaa659bd8a112a3"
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 1073 (114) — Election Laws - As enacted, revises the definition of "contribution," for purposes of financial disclosures under the state's campaign finance laws, to include an activity done independently of or in coordination with a candidate, candidate's political campaign committee, or agent, related to the development, production, and use of canvassing literature and scripts to be used in a door-knocking campaign for a candidate's election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0287** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0287.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0309** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0309.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1073.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **80–11** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/25/2025 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2025 Passed (1) — **28–3** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (3) — **20–3** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025 4/3/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-05** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-10** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2025-02-11** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-11** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-17** Ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-25** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025
- **2025-04-02** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 11, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0287) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2025-04-15** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0309)
- **2025-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/02/2025
- **2025-05-08** Pub. Ch. 350

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6af22075-2cf5-49db-a370-fb22943f6561`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).