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Bill Election Laws - As enacted, requires the officer of elections at each polling place to post a sign on election day informing voters that it is against the law to vote in a political party's primary without being a bona fide member of or affiliated with that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party. - Amends TCA Title 2. Election Laws - As enacted, requires the officer of elections at each polling place to post a sign on election day informing voters that it is against the law to vote in a political party's primary without being a bona fide member of or affiliated with that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party. - Amends TCA Title 2. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 113 SB 978 Tennessee SB 978 (113)
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Tennessee SB 978 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires the officer of elections at each polling place to post a sign on election day informing voters that it is against the law to vote in a political party's primary without being a bona fide member of or affiliated with that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0212 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0427 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — 5527 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (2) — 6322 (pass) · lower
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/17/2023 Passed (1) — 199 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/4/2023 Passed — 72 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Pody — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-31 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2023-02-02 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2023-02-06 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee passage
  • 2023-03-07 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
  • 2023-03-14 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
  • 2023-03-14 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 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 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/29/2023
  • 2023-03-28 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/29/2023
  • 2023-03-29 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2023
  • 2023-03-29 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/4/2023
  • 2023-04-04 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
  • 2023-04-13 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023
  • 2023-04-17 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 19, Nays 9, PNV 1 passage
  • 2023-04-17 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0427)
  • 2023-04-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2023-04-19 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2023-04-21 Passed H., Ayes 55, Nays 27, PNV 1 passage
  • 2023-04-21 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0212) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2023-04-21 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2023-04-28 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2023-05-03 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2023-05-05 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2023-05-09 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2023-05-17 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2023-05-24 Effective date(s) 05/17/2023
  • 2023-05-24 Pub. Ch. 473

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d4c9ab71-497d-497f-9cad-9b51932ca158. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).