---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, establishes requirements governing an executive committee's determination that a candidate is not qualified and exclusion of the candidate's name from a ballot. - Amends TCA Section 2-5-204."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, establishes requirements governing an executive committee's determination that a candidate is not qualified and exclusion of the candidate's name from a ballot. - Amends TCA Section 2-5-204."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 911"
citation: "Tennessee HB 911 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Keisling", "Yager"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/930b00e9-d22d-4c9c-be5f-0da101a5d661"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0911&GA=111"
source_hash: "0469816e475adc3000740ebb7b4bc78aec6859b57db7821cf5ba5b54ed9919d0"
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 911 (111) — Election Laws - As enacted, establishes requirements governing an executive committee's determination that a candidate is not qualified and exclusion of the candidate's name from a ballot. - Amends TCA Section 2-5-204.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0282** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0282.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0255** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0255.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0911.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2019 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/9/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Keisling — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-11** Re-refer to Senate S&L Govt. Comm.
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-19** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0282) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Senate Reset on calendar 4/29/19
- **2019-04-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-29** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0255)
- **2019-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 441
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/22/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 441

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/930b00e9-d22d-4c9c-be5f-0da101a5d661`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).