republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-69.md

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Bill	Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections, in collaboration with the department of safety, prior to January 1, 2028, to create a secure, electronic portal through which each county administrator of elections may access information to verify, prior to processing an applicant's application to register to vote, whether the applicant is a United States citizen based upon records on file at the time of issuance of the most recent driver license or identification card or other credential from the department of safety; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55.	Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections, in collaboration with the department of safety, prior to January 1, 2028, to create a secure, electronic portal through which each county administrator of elections may access information to verify, prior to processing an applicant's application to register to vote, whether the applicant is a United States citizen based upon records on file at the time of issuance of the most recent driver license or identification card or other credential from the department of safety; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	HB 69	Tennessee HB 69 (114)	bill	Election Laws	enacted	Lamberth	5	44	9	2025-01-07	2025-05-27	openstates	ocd-bill/c2fc858a-c287-4610-9c82-1b029e0afef9	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0069&ga=114	3289f49f450ef9299326128ee7deccd58fb64d30862e16f355e0165528ec662d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 69 (114) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires the coordinator of elections, in collaboration with the department of safety, prior to January 1, 2028, to create a secure, electronic portal through which each county administrator of elections may access information to verify, prior to processing an applicant's application to register to vote, whether the applicant is a United States citizen based upon records on file at the time of issuance of the most recent driver license or identification card or other credential from the department of safety; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0138 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA0139 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0409 (committee substitute) — source
4. Amendment SA0410 (committee substitute) — source
5. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/11/2025 Passed — 6–1 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — 27–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed — 72–22 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — 77–18 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Transportation Committee 3/19/2025 Passed — 16–2 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/25/2025 Passed — 18–1 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2025 Passed — 32–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-07 Filed for introduction filing
• 2025-01-14 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-01-14 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2025-01-15 P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
• 2025-01-16 Ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Transportation Committee referral-committee
• 2025-01-28 Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-02-10 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-05 Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
• 2025-03-11 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2025-03-12 Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025
• 2025-03-18 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-19 Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/25/2025
• 2025-03-19 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Transportation Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-25 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-03-25 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2025-03-25 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-03-26 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025
• 2025-03-26 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-04-02 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025
• 2025-04-02 Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/9/2025
• 2025-04-09 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
• 2025-04-09 Placed behind the budget
• 2025-04-16 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025
• 2025-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
• 2025-04-17 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
• 2025-04-17 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-17 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2025-04-21 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0, PNV 1 passage
• 2025-04-21 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0410)
• 2025-04-21 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0409)
• 2025-04-21 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2025-04-21 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2025-04-21 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2025-04-21 Passed H., as am., Ayes 77, Nays 18, PNV 0 passage
• 2025-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
• 2025-04-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0139) amendment-passage
• 2025-04-21 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0138) amendment-passage
• 2025-04-24 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2025-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2025-05-08 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2025-05-09 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2025-05-21 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2025-05-27 Effective date(s) 05/21/2025
• 2025-05-27 Pub. Ch. 473

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c2fc858a-c287-4610-9c82-1b029e0afef9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).