republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-1897.md

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Bill	Election Laws - As enacted, disqualifies an administrator of elections from serving as administrator if the administrator qualifies as a candidate for public office; requires the administrator to be recused from official duties at least 30 days prior to an election in which an immediate family member of the administrator is on the ballot; clarifies that an administrator who is recused from official duties does not receive compensation during the recusal. - Amends TCA Title 2.	Election Laws - As enacted, disqualifies an administrator of elections from serving as administrator if the administrator qualifies as a candidate for public office; requires the administrator to be recused from official duties at least 30 days prior to an election in which an immediate family member of the administrator is on the ballot; clarifies that an administrator who is recused from official duties does not receive compensation during the recusal. - Amends TCA Title 2.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	HB 1897	Tennessee HB 1897 (113)	bill	Election Laws	enacted	Rudd	3	28	5	2024-01-22	2024-03-26	openstates	ocd-bill/2a057ee2-5f55-4003-8643-550b1fa14906	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1897&GA=113	6766f4fbb384ff4218ddea68a2c6c30ee3d0a3c1021fc275cc3c9eb1eb2fd315	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 1897 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, disqualifies an administrator of elections from serving as administrator if the administrator qualifies as a candidate for public office; requires the administrator to be recused from official duties at least 30 days prior to an election in which an immediate family member of the administrator is on the ballot; clarifies that an administrator who is recused from official duties does not receive compensation during the recusal. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0536 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0540 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024 2/15/2024 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/29/2024 Passed (1) — 28–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/26/2024 Passed (1) — 87–4 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/7/2024 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/13/2024 — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Rudd — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-22 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-24 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2024-01-25 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2024-01-30 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2024-01-31 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/7/2024
• 2024-02-07 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/13/2024
• 2024-02-07 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2024-02-13 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2024-02-14 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2024
• 2024-02-15 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
• 2024-02-22 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-22 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2024
• 2024-02-22 Reset on cal. for 2/26/2024
• 2024-02-22 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0536) amendment-passage
• 2024-02-26 Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 4, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-02-26 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0536) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-02-27 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2024-02-29 Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 passage
• 2024-02-29 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0540)
• 2024-02-29 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2024-02-29 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-03-01 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2024-03-06 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-03-07 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-07 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-03-15 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-03-26 Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
• 2024-03-26 Pub. Ch. 579

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2a057ee2-5f55-4003-8643-550b1fa14906. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).