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Bill Election Laws - As enacted, requires that a candidate for county legislative body, constable, trustee, register, assessor of property, school board, or chief administrative officer of the highway department be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year; requires that a candidate for clerk of a general sessions, circuit, criminal, or other special court be a qualified voter of the county and resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for the office. - Amends TCA Section 5-5-102; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 18; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2; Title 54, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 5. Election Laws - As enacted, requires that a candidate for county legislative body, constable, trustee, register, assessor of property, school board, or chief administrative officer of the highway department be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year; requires that a candidate for clerk of a general sessions, circuit, criminal, or other special court be a qualified voter of the county and resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for the office. - Amends TCA Section 5-5-102; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 18; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2; Title 54, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 5. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 1952 Tennessee SB 1952 (112)
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Tennessee SB 1952 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires that a candidate for county legislative body, constable, trustee, register, assessor of property, school board, or chief administrative officer of the highway department be a qualified voter of the county and a resident of the county for one year; requires that a candidate for clerk of a general sessions, circuit, criminal, or other special court be a qualified voter of the county and resident of the county for one year prior to the date of the qualifying deadline for running as a candidate for the office. - Amends TCA Section 5-5-102; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 18; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2; Title 54, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 5.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0567 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0636 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/1/2022 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2022 Passed (1) — 880 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/23/2022 (3) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/24/2022 Passed (1) — 280 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/15/2022 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Briggs — primary (person)
  • Russell — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2022-01-25 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-01-26 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2022-01-26 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2022-01-27 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-01-27 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-28 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2022-01-31 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2022-02-15 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/22/2022
  • 2022-02-16 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
  • 2022-02-22 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
  • 2022-02-22 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/1/2022
  • 2022-02-22 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-02-23 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/1/2022
  • 2022-02-23 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2022-02-28 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-01 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
  • 2022-03-01 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/8/2022
  • 2022-03-01 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
  • 2022-03-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/10/2022
  • 2022-03-08 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-09 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
  • 2022-03-10 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2022-03-10 Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2022-03-10 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0567) amendment-passage
  • 2022-03-10 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2022-03-14 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2022-03-15 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  • 2022-03-22 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
  • 2022-03-24 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2022-03-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 passage
  • 2022-03-24 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0636)
  • 2022-03-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2022-03-25 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2022-03-30 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2022-03-30 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2022-03-31 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2022-04-08 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2022-04-13 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 809
  • 2022-04-13 Effective date(s) 09/01/2022
  • 2022-04-13 Pub. Ch. 809

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8fd0451d-b836-4356-b723-46d7c8e5fdb5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).