republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1355.md

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Bill	Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions governing the filing of a vacancy in the state senate when the vacancy occurs within 45 days of the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.	Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions governing the filing of a vacancy in the state senate when the vacancy occurs within 45 days of the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1355	Tennessee SB 1355 (111)	bill	Election Laws	enacted	Sexton C Yager	3	43	8	2019-01-28	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/9537ebc5-c68d-42f9-8299-2d8a6269fde1	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1355&GA=111	eb0e31178a21d4123881cbbe8a83b24ddc2bbab08c2665e329ca4d54267c2512	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1355 (111) — Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions governing the filing of a vacancy in the state senate when the vacancy occurs within 45 days of the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0085 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0036 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — 94–0 (pass) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 2/26/2019 Passed — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2019 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/6/2019 (6) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — 26–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Sexton C — primary (person)
• Yager — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-01-28 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-01-30 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-01-31 P2C, ref. to Local Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-01 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 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 with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
• 2019-02-27 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
• 2019-02-28 Senate Reset on calendar for 3/7/2019
• 2019-03-05 Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-06 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-07 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 1 passage
• 2019-03-07 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0036)
• 2019-03-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-13 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-14 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 Re-ref. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
• 2019-04-03 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-03 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 Placed behind the budget
• 2019-04-17 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
• 2019-04-24 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
• 2019-04-24 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-24 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
• 2019-04-24 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-29 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
• 2019-04-30 Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-30 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0085) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-30 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-30 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-05-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-01 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-05-02 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-05-10 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-15 Pub. Ch. 397
• 2019-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
• 2019-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 397

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9537ebc5-c68d-42f9-8299-2d8a6269fde1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).