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Bill Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits candidate who loses primary election from qualifying as a write-in candidate for the general election; prohibits write-in votes for such candidate from being counted for the general election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5 and Title 2, Chapter 7. Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits candidate who loses primary election from qualifying as a write-in candidate for the general election; prohibits write-in votes for such candidate from being counted for the general election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5 and Title 2, Chapter 7. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 111 HB 762 Tennessee HB 762 (111)
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Tennessee HB 762 (111) — Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits candidate who loses primary election from qualifying as a write-in candidate for the general election; prohibits write-in votes for such candidate from being counted for the general election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5 and Title 2, Chapter 7.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — 231 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2019 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — 819 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/20/2019 (4) — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Gresham — primary (person)
  • Shaw — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Local Committee referral-committee
  • 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
  • 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2019-02-13 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
  • 2019-02-20 Placed on cal. Local Committee for 2/27/2019
  • 2019-02-20 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-20 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
  • 2019-02-26 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/28/2019
  • 2019-02-26 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2019-02-27 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2019-02-28 Senate Reset on calendar 3/4/19
  • 2019-03-01 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/4/2019
  • 2019-03-04 Senate Reset on calendar for 3/7/2019
  • 2019-03-05 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
  • 2019-03-07 Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 1, PNV 3 passage
  • 2019-03-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2019-03-14 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
  • 2019-03-21 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
  • 2019-03-25 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2019-03-25 Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 9, PNV 4 passage
  • 2019-03-25 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2019-03-26 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2019-03-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2019-04-01 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2019-04-02 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2019-04-09 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2019-04-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 128
  • 2019-04-15 Pub. Ch. 128
  • 2019-04-15 Effective date(s) 04/09/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4d767a79-dc98-44ce-90a2-0a1d2f039613. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).