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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, permits the sending of an absentee ballot to an address within a county, regardless of whether the voter requesting the absentee ballot possesses a commercial driver license or a valid transportation worker identification credential. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, permits the sending of an absentee ballot to an address within a county, regardless of whether the voter requesting the absentee ballot possesses a commercial driver license or a valid transportation worker identification credential. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 286"
citation: "Tennessee SB 286 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-30"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e87414bb-d46a-4c03-ad3a-976eb5876f5f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0286&GA=110"
source_hash: "102818d9330b86a8e8ad9da4996634dbf021b4a3be4a0ce16182a40d21f4bc2e"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# Tennessee SB 286 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, permits the sending of an absentee ballot to an address within a county, regardless of whether the voter requesting the absentee ballot possesses a commercial driver license or a valid transportation worker identification credential. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0286.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/28/2017 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **970** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Crawford — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-03** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 137
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 137
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e87414bb-d46a-4c03-ad3a-976eb5876f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).