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type: "Bill"
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."
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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1820"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1820 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelsey", "Vaughan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-19"
last_action: "2022-03-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/37eb2728-afcb-4e6d-9965-b0b56d68c129"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1820&GA=112"
source_hash: "add08cf258693319ca7e7d141bc13b09b9bad856fa78ddee832a7dacc5f10393"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---
# 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.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1820.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/8/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/8/2022 Passed (2) — **52** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **264** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/2/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022 2/10/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **7419** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Kelsey — primary (person)
- Vaughan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-20** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-01-24** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/1/2022
- **2022-01-25** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/2/2022
- **2022-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-02** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/10/2022
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-10** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-14** Passed H., Ayes 74, Nays 19, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-02-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-02-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-02-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-07** Effective date(s) 02/28/2022
- **2022-03-07** Pub. Ch. 621
- **2022-03-07** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 621
## Source
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).