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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, makes changes to law relative to convenient voting centers, including authorizing Henry County to establish a convenient voting center pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, makes changes to law relative to convenient voting centers, including authorizing Henry County to establish a convenient voting center pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 477"
citation: "Tennessee SB 477 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Stevens"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 28
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-25"
last_action: "2023-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2fb0e7cf-c0d9-4070-bc17-4b2c1f05c075"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0477&GA=113"
source_hash: "5721dbf7a757470850e54973877d0977bd1b8a7cb26b739ac1ac2c562240e819"
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 477 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, makes changes to law relative to convenient voting centers, including authorizing Henry County to establish a convenient voting center pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0215** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0215.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0360** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0360.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0477.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/28/2023 Passed — **70** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 2 4/17/2023 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 4/17/2023 Passed (2) — **300** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2023 Passed (1) — **866** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/3/2023 Passed — **320** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Stevens — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2023-01-25** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2023-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
- **2023-03-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
- **2023-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-03-31** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/3/2023
- **2023-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 6, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2023-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0360) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0215) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-04-12** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/13/2023
- **2023-04-13** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/17/2023
- **2023-04-13** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/17/2023
- **2023-04-17** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0360) `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0215) `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-20** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-03** Effective date(s) 4/28/2023
- **2023-05-03** Pub. Ch. 262
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2fb0e7cf-c0d9-4070-bc17-4b2c1f05c075`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).