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type: "Bill"
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title: "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."
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description: "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."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "SB 2079"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2079 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Election Laws"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Wirgau", "Yager"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-01-26"
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last_action: "2018-05-04"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/14c3b3c8-7e16-4475-b125-160a6dffd642"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2079&GA=110"
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source_hash: "3339c45e5a92492a86bb6048cc06528c1e788ecff01f2be185212fefcee2ed5c"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# 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.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB2079.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **73–17** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Wirgau — primary (person)
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- Yager — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-26** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2018-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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- **2018-02-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
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- **2018-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/26/2018
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- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2018-03-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
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- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/27/2018
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- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
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- **2018-03-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
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- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
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- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
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- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 17, PNV 2 `passage`
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- **2018-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2018-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 842
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- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/26/2018
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- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 842
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/14c3b3c8-7e16-4475-b125-160a6dffd642`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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