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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions governing address verification and the indications that a voter has changed address of residence without notifying the county election commission; specifies that any online voter registrations must be submitted on or before September 1, 2017; makes various changes to absentee voting provisions. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106; Section 2-2-112; Section 2-6-201; Section 2-6-202 and Section 2-6-204."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions governing address verification and the indications that a voter has changed address of residence without notifying the county election commission; specifies that any online voter registrations must be submitted on or before September 1, 2017; makes various changes to absentee voting provisions. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106; Section 2-2-112; Section 2-6-201; Section 2-6-202 and Section 2-6-204."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 616"
citation: "Tennessee SB 616 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/aa6cf2a2-ddf8-4afb-922e-9733b8ff2514"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0616&GA=110"
source_hash: "95abd74eef7308d9eacd6132c27e8360bd035305153722cf88cf93b448e310f5"
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 616 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions governing address verification and the indications that a voter has changed address of residence without notifying the county election commission; specifies that any online voter registrations must be submitted on or before September 1, 2017; makes various changes to absentee voting provisions. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106; Section 2-2-112; Section 2-6-201; Section 2-6-202 and Section 2-6-204.
## 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/SB0616.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/5/2017 Passed (1) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Carr — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0270) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-13** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0324)
- **2017-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 245
- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 245
- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/02/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/aa6cf2a2-ddf8-4afb-922e-9733b8ff2514`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).