---
type: "Bill"
title: "Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, prohibits political campaign committees formed to support or oppose a measure from receiving, soliciting, or accepting contributions or expenditures from a foreign national; requires such political campaign committees and persons making independent expenditures supporting or opposing a measure to file certain disclosures regarding funding sources with the registry of election finance. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10."
description: "Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, prohibits political campaign committees formed to support or oppose a measure from receiving, soliciting, or accepting contributions or expenditures from a foreign national; requires such political campaign committees and persons making independent expenditures supporting or opposing a measure to file certain disclosures regarding funding sources with the registry of election finance. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 888"
citation: "Tennessee HB 888 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Campaigns and Campaign Finance"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Todd"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cf6cf809-f8f5-47d2-b4d1-eca26e769a7e"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0888&ga=114"
source_hash: "a872b36a50f0f2cf89b1734381d450bde89422c2092839a4743150e4481a809e"
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 888 (114) — Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As enacted, prohibits political campaign committees formed to support or oppose a measure from receiving, soliciting, or accepting contributions or expenditures from a foreign national; requires such political campaign committees and persons making independent expenditures supporting or opposing a measure to file certain disclosures regarding funding sources with the registry of election finance. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0888.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2025 Passed (3) — **20–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **28–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (4) — **6–1** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **75–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Todd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-26** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-02** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-14** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2025-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 15, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/21/2025
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 506

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cf6cf809-f8f5-47d2-b4d1-eca26e769a7e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).