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Bill Election Laws - As enacted, prescribes procedure for paper ballots in counties using optical scan voting systems and procedure for provisional ballots. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-114(c). Election Laws - As enacted, prescribes procedure for paper ballots in counties using optical scan voting systems and procedure for provisional ballots. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-114(c). us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 SB 2638 Tennessee SB 2638 (110)
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Tennessee SB 2638 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, prescribes procedure for paper ballots in counties using optical scan voting systems and procedure for provisional ballots. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-114(c).

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 with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/27/2018 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2018 PASSED (1) — 850 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/8/2018 PASSED (1) — 300 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

  • Carter — primary (person)
  • Watson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-02-01 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2018-02-01 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-02-01 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-02-01 Intro. introduction
  • 2018-02-05 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2018-02-05 P1C.
  • 2018-02-07 Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2018-02-07 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-02-16 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
  • 2018-02-20 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/27/2018
  • 2018-02-21 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/27/2018
  • 2018-02-27 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2018-03-06 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/8/2018
  • 2018-03-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2018-03-08 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
  • 2018-03-08 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0653)
  • 2018-03-12 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 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 4/4/2018
  • 2018-04-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2018-04-04 Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2018-04-04 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1036) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2018-04-04 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2018-04-04 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2018-04-05 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2018-04-05 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2018-04-06 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2018-04-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 749
  • 2018-04-23 Effective date(s) 05/02/2018
  • 2018-04-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 749

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/708b962a-6008-41db-84a8-805b1fb4704b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).