republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-966.md

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Bill	Election Laws - As enacted, establishes certain restrictions and limitations on state election commission, secretary of state, coordinator of elections, county election commission, and administrators of elections in regard to funding for elections, the acceptance of certain gifts, and the expenditure of certain funds. - Amends TCA Title 2.	Election Laws - As enacted, establishes certain restrictions and limitations on state election commission, secretary of state, coordinator of elections, county election commission, and administrators of elections in regard to funding for elections, the acceptance of certain gifts, and the expenditure of certain funds. - Amends TCA Title 2.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	HB 966	Tennessee HB 966 (112)	bill	Election Laws	enacted	Carringer Roberts	4	42	7	2021-02-10	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/16e16178-7aba-4f34-be27-971b6da7d82b	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0966&GA=112	ec3871dd058b744d9b6bf1275a15077176cf95820e33c11fccc5a90cb04298e0	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 966 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, establishes certain restrictions and limitations on state election commission, secretary of state, coordinator of elections, county election commission, and administrators of elections in regard to funding for elections, the acceptance of certain gifts, and the expenditure of certain funds. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0242 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0210 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0281 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — 72–20 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/31/2021 (5) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2021 Passed (1) — 26–4 (pass) · upper
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/6/2021 Passed (2) — 7–1 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2021 Passed (2) — 70–23 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 (4) — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Carringer — primary (person)
• Roberts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-10 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2021-03-08 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-24 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
• 2021-03-30 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/6/2021
• 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021
• 2021-03-31 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-05 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
• 2021-04-06 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-06 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
• 2021-04-08 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
• 2021-04-08 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
• 2021-04-12 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/21
• 2021-04-12 Reset on cal. for 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-12 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-12 Senate Reset on calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-14 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-04-14 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 4 passage
• 2021-04-14 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0281)
• 2021-04-14 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0210)
• 2021-04-15 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-04-21 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-21 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-04-21 Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 20, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-21 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0242) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-04-21 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-04-22 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-04-22 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-26 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 306
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 05/04/2021
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 306

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/16e16178-7aba-4f34-be27-971b6da7d82b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).