Files
2026-07-06 17:28:36 -04:00

5.1 KiB
Raw Permalink Blame History

type, title, description, jurisdiction, legislature, session, identifier, citation, classification, subjects, status, primary_sponsors, version_count, action_count, vote_count, first_action, last_action, source, source_identifier, source_url, source_hash, vintage, source_snapshot, retrieved_at, confidence, tags
type title description jurisdiction legislature session identifier citation classification subjects status primary_sponsors version_count action_count vote_count first_action last_action source source_identifier source_url source_hash vintage source_snapshot retrieved_at confidence tags
Bill Election Laws - As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are held at the regular August or regular November election; authorizes, in a county in which a statewide political party nominated a candidate by a method other than a primary election in 2022 or 2024, the statewide political party in such county to continue to use such method with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2. Election Laws - As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are held at the regular August or regular November election; authorizes, in a county in which a statewide political party nominated a candidate by a method other than a primary election in 2022 or 2024, the statewide political party in such county to continue to use such method with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 799 Tennessee SB 799 (114)
bill
Election Laws
enacted
Johnson
3 25 3 2025-02-04 2025-04-29 openstates ocd-bill/f6746500-8544-4e13-8878-4a84b6a80f8d https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0799&ga=114 40b6204bb2ebc4d423d6d43818fe3fae6edca56e2a23923d53e454df0f041c72 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
legislation
bill
us-tn

Tennessee SB 799 (114) — Election Laws - As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are held at the regular August or regular November election; authorizes, in a county in which a statewide political party nominated a candidate by a method other than a primary election in 2022 or 2024, the statewide political party in such county to continue to use such method with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0348 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Amendment SA0329 (committee substitute) — source
  3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed (1) — 6025 (pass) · lower
  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2025 Passed (2) — 81 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed (1) — 273 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Johnson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-02-04 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-02-12 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-03-11 Sponsor change. sponsorship
  • 2025-03-26 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-03-26 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
  • 2025-04-01 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
  • 2025-04-01 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
  • 2025-04-02 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
  • 2025-04-07 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2025
  • 2025-04-09 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2025-04-09 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-04-09 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 3 passage
  • 2025-04-09 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0329)
  • 2025-04-10 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2025-04-14 Passed H., Ayes 60, Nays 25, PNV 2 passage
  • 2025-04-14 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0348) amendment-withdrawal
  • 2025-04-14 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2025-04-16 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2025-04-17 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-21 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2025-04-21 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-24 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-04-29 Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
  • 2025-04-29 Pub. Ch. 259

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f6746500-8544-4e13-8878-4a84b6a80f8d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).