republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-515.md

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Bill	Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions of the Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act regarding the placement of certain political or campaign signs on private property. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-143.	Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions of the Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act regarding the placement of certain political or campaign signs on private property. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-143.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 515	Tennessee SB 515 (112)	bill	Election Laws	enacted	Briggs Jernigan	3	41	7	2021-01-26	2022-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/8c80a316-e610-47fb-a932-60a602d0b01c	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0515&GA=112	5a67da887bdfa96aec2751b69c2a9aed24eb1839d4d6d2905c8b42ffa898740c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 515 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, revises provisions of the Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act regarding the placement of certain political or campaign signs on private property. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-143.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment SA0355 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0463 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2021 Passed (1) — 85–3 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/17/2021 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 1/24/2022 Passed — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 2/17/2022 Passed — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 2 1/18/2022 Passed — 6–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Briggs — primary (person)
• Jernigan — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-26 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-08 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-10 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-10 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2021-03-10 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/17/2021
• 2021-03-17 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/23/2021
• 2021-03-17 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-23 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-03-24 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
• 2021-03-25 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2021
• 2021-04-01 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-04-01 Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 3, PNV 1 passage
• 2021-04-01 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-05 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-04-07 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
• 2021-04-13 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-13 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-14 Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2022-01-12 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/18/2022
• 2022-01-18 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 2
• 2022-01-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 1/24/2022
• 2022-01-24 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2022-01-24 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 1 passage
• 2022-01-24 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0463)
• 2022-01-24 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0355)
• 2022-01-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2022-02-07 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 2/10/22
• 2022-02-10 H. Placed on Message Calendar for 2/17/22
• 2022-02-10 Reset on cal. for 2/17/2022
• 2022-02-17 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2022-02-17 H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 93, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0411
• 2022-02-24 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-02-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-03-01 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2022-03-04 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-03-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 626
• 2022-03-15 Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
• 2022-03-15 Pub. Ch. 626

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8c80a316-e610-47fb-a932-60a602d0b01c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).