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Bill Election Laws - As enacted, expands the right of a person to place political campaign signs on their property for a certain time to all elections rather than only general elections as provided under the Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-143. Election Laws - As enacted, expands the right of a person to place political campaign signs on their property for a certain time to all elections rather than only general elections as provided under the Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-143. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 112 SB 208 Tennessee SB 208 (112)
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Tennessee SB 208 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, expands the right of a person to place political campaign signs on their property for a certain time to all elections rather than only general elections as provided under the Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-143.

Version chain

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

  1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — 300 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — 890 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2021 Passed — 90 (pass) · upper
  • HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/3/2021 — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Haile — primary (person)
  • Rudd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2021-01-19 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-03 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2021-02-08 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2021-02-10 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  • 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2021-02-24 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
  • 2021-03-03 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/9/2021
  • 2021-03-03 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-09 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
  • 2021-03-09 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-10 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/11/2021
  • 2021-03-11 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2021
  • 2021-03-15 Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2021-03-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2021-03-16 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2021-03-16 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
  • 2021-03-18 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
  • 2021-03-18 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2021-03-22 Companion House Bill substituted
  • 2021-03-22 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
  • 2021-03-22 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
  • 2021-03-23 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
  • 2021-03-26 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2021-03-29 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2021-03-31 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2021-04-07 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2021-04-12 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 93
  • 2021-04-12 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
  • 2021-04-12 Pub. Ch. 93

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f9b46c63-df3c-4270-a9e6-b540f8eb654e. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).