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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires a person collecting a voter registration form submitted by an applicant during a voter registration drive to, within 15 calendar days of receipt of the form, deliver or mail the form to the county election commission in which the applicant resides; prohibits a person from providing a voter registration application upon which any information about an applicant has been filled in before it is provided to the applicant, and allowing an individual convicted of certain offenses to collect or handle a voter registration application; prohibits a person collecting voter registrations from altering the voter registration form of any person without the person's consent. - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires a person collecting a voter registration form submitted by an applicant during a voter registration drive to, within 15 calendar days of receipt of the form, deliver or mail the form to the county election commission in which the applicant resides; prohibits a person from providing a voter registration application upon which any information about an applicant has been filled in before it is provided to the applicant, and allowing an individual convicted of certain offenses to collect or handle a voter registration application; prohibits a person collecting voter registrations from altering the voter registration form of any person without the person's consent. - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2586"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2586 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/669d46d4-5ca8-4d31-b2be-5729ca829288"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2586&GA=113"
source_hash: "a14587b44592369773b738b68ef48ada34c4faf246ff3540fe48f81f1027f384"
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 2586 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires a person collecting a voter registration form submitted by an applicant during a voter registration drive to, within 15 calendar days of receipt of the form, deliver or mail the form to the county election commission in which the applicant resides; prohibits a person from providing a voter registration application upon which any information about an applicant has been filled in before it is provided to the applicant, and allowing an individual convicted of certain offenses to collect or handle a voter registration application; prohibits a person collecting voter registrations from altering the voter registration form of any person without the person's consent. - Amends TCA Title 2.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0909** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0909.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0949** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0949.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0902** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0902.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2586.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/27/2024 Passed — **72** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/27/2024 Passed (4) — **72** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — **7323** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/17/2024 Passed (2) — **274** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed — **7222** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/17/2024 Passed (1) — **274** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 2 BY RUDD AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed — **6822** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (3) — **274** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Taylor — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-05** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/12/2024
- **2024-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-12** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-19** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2024-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2024
- **2024-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0902)
- **2024-04-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-16** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2024
- **2024-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 73, Nays 23, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0949) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0909) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-17** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 4 (Amendment 2 - HA0949) `passage`
- **2024-04-17** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 4 (Amendment 1 - HA0909) `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 871
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/669d46d4-5ca8-4d31-b2be-5729ca829288`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).