republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2230.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, specifies that the prohibition on an elected official or an employee of a municipal, county, state, or federal governmental body or agency serving as a member of a county election commission does not disqualify an employee of a county or city school system who does not work directly under the supervision of an elected official from serving as a member of the county election commission. - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, specifies that the prohibition on an elected official or an employee of a municipal, county, state, or federal governmental body or agency serving as a member of a county election commission does not disqualify an employee of a county or city school system who does not work directly under the supervision of an elected official from serving as a member of the county election commission. - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2230"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2230 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pody", "Rudd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3c38f16d-2629-40bd-a1d4-ce749261e6fd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2230&GA=112"
source_hash: "8971250a3e7abe97e717acb6e03c4f15d7d17762db7ed975e153a8b24f65e88e"
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 2230 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, specifies that the prohibition on an elected official or an employee of a municipal, county, state, or federal governmental body or agency serving as a member of a county election commission does not disqualify an employee of a county or city school system who does not work directly under the supervision of an elected official from serving as a member of the county election commission. - Amends TCA Title 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0839** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0839.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0778** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0778.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2230.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1 3/23/2022 Passed — **6–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/29/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2022 Passed (1) — **24–5** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/23/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Pody — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-29** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0839) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0778)
- **2022-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-06** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/14/2022
- **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 880
- **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 880

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3c38f16d-2629-40bd-a1d4-ce749261e6fd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).