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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires, if the county election commission has arranged for the use of a public school or a public charter school as a polling place for a regular November election, that the LEA or the public charter school be closed for instruction on the election day; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to choose to be open or closed for instruction on election days other than days on which a regular November election occurs. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 6 and Title 49."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires, if the county election commission has arranged for the use of a public school or a public charter school as a polling place for a regular November election, that the LEA or the public charter school be closed for instruction on the election day; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to choose to be open or closed for instruction on election days other than days on which a regular November election occurs. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 6 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1344"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1344 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Jernigan"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 51
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d868cf21-dede-42dc-b63e-7335d0bf90d5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1344&GA=110"
source_hash: "cd9429c746bac53b667f71d7144332e5340349ac86c74990bc1ed3274fa239fc"
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 HB 1344 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires, if the county election commission has arranged for the use of a public school or a public charter school as a polling place for a regular November election, that the LEA or the public charter school be closed for instruction on the election day; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to choose to be open or closed for instruction on election days other than days on which a regular November election occurs. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 6 and Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1344.pdf)
## Votes
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/21/2018 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **930** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 — **00** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018 3/29/2018 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/18/2018 PASSED (1) — **263** (fail) · upper
## Sponsors
- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Jernigan — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Reset on Final cal. of Local Government Subcommittee
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 1st Calendar of 2018
- **2018-01-10** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 1/17/2018
- **2018-01-17** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Local Government Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
- **2018-03-07** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2018-03-07** Sponsor change.
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1034) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0969)
- **2018-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar 4/17/18
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-24** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 867
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 01/01/2019
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 867
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d868cf21-dede-42dc-b63e-7335d0bf90d5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).