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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits a county election commission from utilizing instant runoff voting or ranked choice voting to conduct an election in this state for a statewide or local government office. - Amends TCA Title 2."
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description: "Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits a county election commission from utilizing instant runoff voting or ranked choice voting to conduct an election in this state for a statewide or local government office. - Amends TCA Title 2."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "112"
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identifier: "SB 1820"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1820 (112)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Election Laws"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Kelsey", "Vaughan"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2022-01-19"
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last_action: "2022-03-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37eb2728-afcb-4e6d-9965-b0b56d68c129"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1820&GA=112"
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source_hash: "add08cf258693319ca7e7d141bc13b09b9bad856fa78ddee832a7dacc5f10393"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 1820 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits a county election commission from utilizing instant runoff voting or ranked choice voting to conduct an election in this state for a statewide or local government office. - Amends TCA Title 2.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1820.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/8/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/8/2022 Passed (2) — **5–2** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **26–4** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/2/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022 2/10/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **74–19** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Kelsey — primary (person)
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- Vaughan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2022-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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- **2022-01-24** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/1/2022
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- **2022-01-25** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-26** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/2/2022
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- **2022-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-02-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/8/2022
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- **2022-02-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/8/2022
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- **2022-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-02-02** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/8/2022
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- **2022-02-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-02-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/10/2022
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- **2022-02-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022
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- **2022-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-02-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022
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- **2022-02-14** Passed H., Ayes 74, Nays 19, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2022-02-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2022-02-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2022-02-14** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2022-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-02-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2022-02-16** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2022-02-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2022-02-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2022-02-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-07** Effective date(s) 02/28/2022
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- **2022-03-07** Pub. Ch. 621
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- **2022-03-07** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 621
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/37eb2728-afcb-4e6d-9965-b0b56d68c129`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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