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Bill Election Laws - As enacted, makes various changes to election laws, including, but not limited to, requiring certain reimbursements to county election commissions for primary elections to be processed in the same manner as expenses for the presidential preference primary, and eliminating authorization for certain state entities and officers to accept or expend grants, gifts, or funding from private persons, corporations, organizations, or political parties for conducting an election. - Amends TCA Title 2. Election Laws - As enacted, makes various changes to election laws, including, but not limited to, requiring certain reimbursements to county election commissions for primary elections to be processed in the same manner as expenses for the presidential preference primary, and eliminating authorization for certain state entities and officers to accept or expend grants, gifts, or funding from private persons, corporations, organizations, or political parties for conducting an election. - Amends TCA Title 2. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 1619 Tennessee SB 1619 (114)
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3 21 3 2026-01-13 2026-04-27 openstates ocd-bill/742efcc8-a175-4f23-8d48-b90836c40e44 https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1619&ga=114 e0e7ad6612767f1855d7d9e384afa2839e4ad16e6d96d3f3689f653578576020 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Tennessee SB 1619 (114) — Election Laws - As enacted, makes various changes to election laws, including, but not limited to, requiring certain reimbursements to county election commissions for primary elections to be processed in the same manner as expenses for the presidential preference primary, and eliminating authorization for certain state entities and officers to accept or expend grants, gifts, or funding from private persons, corporations, organizations, or political parties for conducting an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0787 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0738 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2026 Passed (1) — 7223 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 3/17/2026 Passed — 72 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/26/2026 Passed (1) — 265 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Briggs — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2026-01-13 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2026-01-14 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2026-01-15 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2026-03-11 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
  • 2026-03-17 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
  • 2026-03-24 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/26/2026
  • 2026-03-26 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2026-03-26 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2026-03-26 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 5 passage
  • 2026-03-26 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0738)
  • 2026-03-30 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2026-04-02 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2026-04-02 Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 23, PNV 0 passage
  • 2026-04-02 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0787) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2026-04-02 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2026-04-06 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-06 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2026-04-07 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2026-04-16 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2026-04-27 Effective date(s) 04/16/2026
  • 2026-04-27 Pub. Ch. 690

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/742efcc8-a175-4f23-8d48-b90836c40e44. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).