republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-228.md

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Bill	Election Laws - As enacted, expands the time period, from not more than 60 days nor less than 10 days to not more than 90 days nor less than 10 days, in which the county election commission must appoint election officials before an election; permits election officials to volunteer to provide services without compensation. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 4.	Election Laws - As enacted, expands the time period, from not more than 60 days nor less than 10 days to not more than 90 days nor less than 10 days, in which the county election commission must appoint election officials before an election; permits election officials to volunteer to provide services without compensation. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 4.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 228	Tennessee SB 228 (110)	bill	Election Laws	enacted	Beavers Lynn	1	41	3	2017-01-31	2017-04-04	openstates	ocd-bill/af75d8ba-b2ce-4558-ae56-2e7ce4187605	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0228&GA=110	7d9458fed90c33234e75c86d6ef8159f9c9b5515b26e7b48321a4cb252feae5c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 228 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, expands the time period, from not more than 60 days nor less than 10 days to not more than 90 days nor less than 10 days, in which the county election commission must appoint election officials before an election; permits election officials to volunteer to provide services without compensation. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 4.

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 AMENDED 3/9/2017 Passed (1) — 33–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendments, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/28/2017 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/13/2017 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Beavers — primary (person)
• Lynn — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-31 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-01-31 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-01 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-02 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2017-02-02 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-03 Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-02-08 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/14/2017
• 2017-02-14 Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 2/21/2017
• 2017-02-15 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/21/2017
• 2017-02-15 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2017
• 2017-02-21 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/28/2017
• 2017-02-21 Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 2/28/2017
• 2017-02-22 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
• 2017-02-22 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
• 2017-02-28 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-02-28 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-01 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/7/2017
• 2017-03-07 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/9/2017
• 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 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2017-03-09 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-03-09 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0044)
• 2017-03-09 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/13/2017
• 2017-03-13 Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2017-03-13 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0037) amendment-withdrawal
• 2017-03-13 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2017-03-13 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2017-03-13 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2017-03-13 Comp. SB subst.
• 2017-03-14 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2017-03-20 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-03-20 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-03-21 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2017-03-24 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-04-04 Pub. Ch. 15
• 2017-04-04 Effective date(s) 03/24/2017
• 2017-04-04 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 15

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/af75d8ba-b2ce-4558-ae56-2e7ce4187605. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).