republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-2079.md

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Bill	Election Laws - As enacted, removes early voting period for elections not held in conjunction with the August or November general election or held in conjunction with the May primary or presidential preference primary if there is no opposition for any offices on the ballot including write-in candidates; revises other election provisions. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-111(d); Section 2-4-107 and Section 2-6-102.	Election Laws - As enacted, removes early voting period for elections not held in conjunction with the August or November general election or held in conjunction with the May primary or presidential preference primary if there is no opposition for any offices on the ballot including write-in candidates; revises other election provisions. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-111(d); Section 2-4-107 and Section 2-6-102.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 2079	Tennessee SB 2079 (110)	bill	Election Laws	enacted	Wirgau Yager	1	35	3	2018-01-26	2018-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/14c3b3c8-7e16-4475-b125-160a6dffd642	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2079&GA=110	3339c45e5a92492a86bb6048cc06528c1e788ecff01f2be185212fefcee2ed5c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2079 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, removes early voting period for elections not held in conjunction with the August or November general election or held in conjunction with the May primary or presidential preference primary if there is no opposition for any offices on the ballot including write-in candidates; revises other election provisions. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-111(d); Section 2-4-107 and Section 2-6-102.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2018 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2018 PASSED (1) — 30–0 (fail) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — 73–17 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Wirgau — primary (person)
• Yager — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2018-01-26 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-29 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2018-01-31 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2018-01-31 Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2018-01-31 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2018-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2018-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2018-02-16 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
• 2018-02-20 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2018-02-23 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/26/2018
• 2018-02-26 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2018-02-27 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2018-03-01 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 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 by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-27 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-03-28 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
• 2018-03-28 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2018-04-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-04 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
• 2018-04-09 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2018-04-10 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
• 2018-04-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
• 2018-04-12 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 17, PNV 2 passage
• 2018-04-12 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2018-04-12 Comp. SB subst.
• 2018-04-13 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2018-04-16 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2018-04-17 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2018-04-18 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2018-04-26 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2018-05-04 Pub. Ch. 842
• 2018-05-04 Effective date(s) 04/26/2018
• 2018-05-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 842

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/14c3b3c8-7e16-4475-b125-160a6dffd642. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).