republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/sb-1967.md

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Bill	Election Laws - As enacted, requires a qualified voter to request an absentee ballot not later than 10 days before an election rather than not later than seven days before an election; requires a voter seeking to be placed on the permanent absentee voting register to file a physician's statement and application for ballot not later than 10 days before an election rather than not later than seven days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6.	Election Laws - As enacted, requires a qualified voter to request an absentee ballot not later than 10 days before an election rather than not later than seven days before an election; requires a voter seeking to be placed on the permanent absentee voting register to file a physician's statement and application for ballot not later than 10 days before an election rather than not later than seven days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	113	SB 1967	Tennessee SB 1967 (113)	bill	Election Laws	enacted	Briggs	2	20	4	2024-01-24	2024-03-19	openstates	ocd-bill/343eecc1-660e-46dc-85b3-9d69544fc4e5	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1967&GA=113	73c9044a6c4f1efeacd18eb7c1e4a2dac6ecae3d4698e8d6f6f1153603de8657	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1967 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires a qualified voter to request an absentee ballot not later than 10 days before an election rather than not later than seven days before an election; requires a voter seeking to be placed on the permanent absentee voting register to file a physician's statement and application for ballot not later than 10 days before an election rather than not later than seven days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0569 (committee substitute) — source
2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/12/2024 Passed (1) — 27–6 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/26/2024 Passed — 74–18 (pass) · lower
• SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/6/2024 Passed (2) — 7–2 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/26/2024 Passed — 75–17 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Briggs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-24 Filed for introduction filing
• 2024-01-25 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2024-01-29 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee passage
• 2024-01-30 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/6/2024
• 2024-02-06 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
• 2024-02-09 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/12/2024
• 2024-02-12 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
• 2024-02-12 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 passage
• 2024-02-13 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2024-02-15 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2024-02-26 Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 17, PNV 1 passage
• 2024-02-26 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0569) amendment-withdrawal
• 2024-02-26 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
• 2024-02-28 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2024-02-28 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
• 2024-02-29 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2024-03-01 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
• 2024-03-12 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2024-03-19 Effective date(s) 11/06/2024
• 2024-03-19 Pub. Ch. 560

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/343eecc1-660e-46dc-85b3-9d69544fc4e5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).