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Bill Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40. Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 HB 686 Tennessee HB 686 (110)
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Tennessee HB 686 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2017 Passed (1) — 261 (pass) · upper
  • LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/7/2017 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/28/2017 (4) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2017 Passed — 6026 (pass) · lower
  • CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017 3/9/2017 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2017 Passed (1) — 6920 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Beavers — primary (person)
  • VanHuss — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2017-02-08 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-08 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2017-02-09 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2017-02-13 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2017-02-14 Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2017-02-15 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2017
  • 2017-02-21 Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 2/28/2017
  • 2017-02-22 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
  • 2017-02-28 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2017-03-01 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/7/2017
  • 2017-03-07 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2017-03-08 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
  • 2017-03-09 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017
  • 2017-03-16 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2017-03-16 Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 20, PNV 0 passage
  • 2017-03-16 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2017-03-16 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0036) amendment-passage
  • 2017-03-20 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2017-03-29 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
  • 2017-04-04 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
  • 2017-04-13 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2017
  • 2017-04-19 Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 1, PNV 2 passage
  • 2017-04-19 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0286)
  • 2017-04-19 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2017-04-19 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2017-04-20 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2017-04-24 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2017-04-25 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2017-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2017-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2017-05-11 Pub. Ch. 246
  • 2017-05-11 Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
  • 2017-05-11 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 246

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7566096b-1398-484b-9d1d-a8c5951d47a5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).