republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-1276.md

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Bill	Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Election Integrity Act," which requires that absentee ballots, other than ballots authorized by state or federal law to be delivered electronically to qualified voters who are entitled to vote by absentee ballot, include a watermark approved by the coordinator of elections; requires a counting board official to verify that the absentee ballots contain the watermark and reject any ballot that does not bear the watermark. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17.	Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Election Integrity Act," which requires that absentee ballots, other than ballots authorized by state or federal law to be delivered electronically to qualified voters who are entitled to vote by absentee ballot, include a watermark approved by the coordinator of elections; requires a counting board official to verify that the absentee ballots contain the watermark and reject any ballot that does not bear the watermark. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	HB 1276	Tennessee HB 1276 (112)	bill	Election Laws	enacted	Griffey Hensley	3	52	8	2021-02-11	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/4a765803-14bd-4502-91f9-753f13c8689c	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1276&GA=112	90654dd631546e09ca18379531e1c242e9421143b433beb21d4662ccd89fb472	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1276 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Election Integrity Act," which requires that absentee ballots, other than ballots authorized by state or federal law to be delivered electronically to qualified voters who are entitled to vote by absentee ballot, include a watermark approved by the coordinator of elections; requires a counting board official to verify that the absentee ballots contain the watermark and reject any ballot that does not bear the watermark. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0321 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0286 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — 8–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/13/2021 (5) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — 27–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — 92–1 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021 4/26/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/17/2021 (6) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Griffey — primary (person)
• Hensley — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2021-02-24 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-03 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
• 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
• 2021-03-10 Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/17/2021
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/23/2021
• 2021-03-17 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-23 Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/30/2021
• 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021
• 2021-03-30 Action def. in Local Government Committee to 4/6/2021
• 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021
• 2021-04-05 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
• 2021-04-06 Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
• 2021-04-06 Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-07 Ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-13 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-04-13 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-13 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 1
• 2021-04-14 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-21 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-21 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-23 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-26 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
• 2021-04-26 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
• 2021-04-26 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-26 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-26 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2021-04-26 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0286)
• 2021-04-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-04-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-04-27 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-27 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-27 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-27 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0321) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-04-27 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-04-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-28 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-05-03 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 374
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 01/01/2022
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 374

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a765803-14bd-4502-91f9-753f13c8689c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).