republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-1688.md

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Bill	Political Parties - As enacted, specifies that a person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the Tennessee national guard, a member of the Tennessee air national guard, or an inactive reservist of any of the United States uniformed military services in good standing must not be disqualified as a candidate for any office if, for service-related reasons, that person was unable to comply with a statewide political party's or recognized minor party's rules for candidacy for nomination for such party, and such service-related reasons are the sole reason the person is unable to qualify. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13, Part 1.	Political Parties - As enacted, specifies that a person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the Tennessee national guard, a member of the Tennessee air national guard, or an inactive reservist of any of the United States uniformed military services in good standing must not be disqualified as a candidate for any office if, for service-related reasons, that person was unable to comply with a statewide political party's or recognized minor party's rules for candidacy for nomination for such party, and such service-related reasons are the sole reason the person is unable to qualify. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13, Part 1.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 1688	Tennessee SB 1688 (110)	bill	Political Parties	enacted	Briggs Ragan	1	60	6	2018-01-18	2018-05-23	openstates	ocd-bill/496c84e1-bcee-43f1-bc65-fb121f139d38	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1688&GA=110	ce724fa7fbbb934c46a0cae1f5194fbce7ff4df75f0cdc1b8aa3fec5fc3caacf	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1688 (110) — Political Parties - As enacted, specifies that a person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the Tennessee national guard, a member of the Tennessee air national guard, or an inactive reservist of any of the United States uniformed military services in good standing must not be disqualified as a candidate for any office if, for service-related reasons, that person was unable to comply with a statewide political party's or recognized minor party's rules for candidacy for nomination for such party, and such service-related reasons are the sole reason the person is unable to qualify. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13, Part 1.

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: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/25/2018 PASSED (2) — 29–0 (fail) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — 81–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED (2) — 90–3 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED — 64–28 (fail) · lower
• SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/13/2018 Passed (3) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — 29–0 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Briggs — primary (person)
• Ragan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-18 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-22 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2018-01-24 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2018-01-26 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-29 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2018-01-31 Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-07 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/13/2018
• 2018-02-13 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/15/2018
• 2018-02-13 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2018-02-15 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2018-02-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2018-02-15 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2018-02-21 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
• 2018-02-22 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2018-02-28 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
• 2018-02-28 Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
• 2018-03-07 Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to the Election Calendar
• 2018-03-14 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
• 2018-03-21 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/27/2018
• 2018-03-21 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2018-03-27 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-28 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
• 2018-03-29 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
• 2018-04-02 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2018-04-02 Reset on cal. for 4/11/2018
• 2018-04-06 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018
• 2018-04-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
• 2018-04-11 Reset on cal. for 4/12/2018
• 2018-04-12 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2018
• 2018-04-12 Reset on cal. for 4/16/2018
• 2018-04-12 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2018-04-17 Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
• 2018-04-17 Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 3, PNV 2 passage
• 2018-04-17 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA1209) amendment-withdrawal
• 2018-04-17 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1059) amendment-withdrawal
• 2018-04-17 H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA1215) amendment-passage
• 2018-04-17 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1198) amendment-withdrawal
• 2018-04-17 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2018-04-17 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2018-04-17 Comp. SB subst.
• 2018-04-18 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/19/2018
• 2018-04-18 Senate refused to concur in amendment (Amendment 4 - HA1215) amendment-failure
• 2018-04-19 H. refused to recede from am. no. 4 SB1688
• 2018-04-19 Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
• 2018-04-23 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2018
• 2018-04-23 Conference Committee appointed. (Briggs, Lundberg, Kyle)
• 2018-04-23 Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.
• 2018-04-24 Conf. comm. appointed. (Ragan, Van Huss, Pitts)
• 2018-04-25 Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 81, Nays 0 PNV 3
• 2018-04-25 Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
• 2018-04-25 Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 calendar for 4/25/2018
• 2018-04-30 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2018-05-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2018-05-08 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2018-05-09 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2018-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-05-23 Pub. Ch. 992
• 2018-05-23 Effective date(s) 05/21/2018
• 2018-05-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 992

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/496c84e1-bcee-43f1-bc65-fb121f139d38. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).