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Bill Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits members of local governing bodies to be elected through an election procedure that requires candidates to be nominated from a district and elected at large. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 6. Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits members of local governing bodies to be elected through an election procedure that requires candidates to be nominated from a district and elected at large. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 6. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 HB 817 Tennessee HB 817 (113)
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Tennessee HB 817 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits members of local governing bodies to be elected through an election procedure that requires candidates to be nominated from a district and elected at large. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 6.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment SA0450 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/17/2023 Passed (1) — 245 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2023 Passed (1) — 7320 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/19/2023 Passed — 7621 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023 3/2/2023 (2) — 00 (fail) · lower
  • HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2023 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/22/2023 — 00 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Davis — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-30 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-02-01 Intro., P1C. introduction
  • 2023-02-02 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2023-02-07 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2023-02-09 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-02-15 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/22/2023
  • 2023-02-22 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/28/2023
  • 2023-02-22 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-02-28 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2023-03-01 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/2/2023
  • 2023-03-02 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-03-02 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/6/2023
  • 2023-03-06 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/23
  • 2023-03-06 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-03-06 Reset on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2023
  • 2023-03-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
  • 2023-03-09 Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 20, PNV 0 passage
  • 2023-03-09 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2023-03-13 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-04-17 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5, PNV 1 passage
  • 2023-04-17 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0450)
  • 2023-04-17 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
  • 2023-04-19 H. concurred in S. am. no. SA1 Ayes 76, Nays 21 PNV 2 HB0817
  • 2023-04-19 H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/19/2023
  • 2023-04-24 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
  • 2023-04-28 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-05-03 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-05-04 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-11 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-05-19 Effective date(s) 01/01/2024
  • 2023-05-19 Pub. Ch. 391

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/3db49d8f-5f36-412e-ae6c-5b66c58d3684. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).