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type: "Bill"
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title: "Political Parties - As enacted, specifies that a person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the Tennessee national guard, a member of the Tennessee air national guard, or an inactive reservist of any of the United States uniformed military services in good standing must not be disqualified as a candidate for any office if, for service-related reasons, that person was unable to comply with a statewide political party's or recognized minor party's rules for candidacy for nomination for such party, and such service-related reasons are the sole reason the person is unable to qualify. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13, Part 1."
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description: "Political Parties - As enacted, specifies that a person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the Tennessee national guard, a member of the Tennessee air national guard, or an inactive reservist of any of the United States uniformed military services in good standing must not be disqualified as a candidate for any office if, for service-related reasons, that person was unable to comply with a statewide political party's or recognized minor party's rules for candidacy for nomination for such party, and such service-related reasons are the sole reason the person is unable to qualify. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13, Part 1."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "110"
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identifier: "SB 1688"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1688 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Political Parties"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Ragan"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 60
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2018-01-18"
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last_action: "2018-05-23"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/496c84e1-bcee-43f1-bc65-fb121f139d38"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1688&GA=110"
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source_hash: "ce724fa7fbbb934c46a0cae1f5194fbce7ff4df75f0cdc1b8aa3fec5fc3caacf"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 1688 (110) — Political Parties - As enacted, specifies that a person who is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States armed forces, a member of the Tennessee national guard, a member of the Tennessee air national guard, or an inactive reservist of any of the United States uniformed military services in good standing must not be disqualified as a candidate for any office if, for service-related reasons, that person was unable to comply with a statewide political party's or recognized minor party's rules for candidacy for nomination for such party, and such service-related reasons are the sole reason the person is unable to qualify. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 13, Part 1.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1688.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/25/2018 PASSED (2) — **29–0** (fail) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **81–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED (2) — **90–3** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED — **64–28** (fail) · lower
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- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/13/2018 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **29–0** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Briggs — primary (person)
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- Ragan — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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- **2018-01-26** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/13/2018
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- **2018-02-13** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/15/2018
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- **2018-02-13** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2018-02-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2018-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-02-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
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- **2018-02-22** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
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- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
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- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to the Election Calendar
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- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
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- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/27/2018
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- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
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- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
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- **2018-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-04-02** Reset on cal. for 4/11/2018
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- **2018-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018
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- **2018-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
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- **2018-04-11** Reset on cal. for 4/12/2018
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- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2018
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- **2018-04-12** Reset on cal. for 4/16/2018
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- **2018-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
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- **2018-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 3, PNV 2 `passage`
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- **2018-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA1209) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2018-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1059) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2018-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA1215) `amendment-passage`
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- **2018-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1198) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2018-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2018-04-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/19/2018
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- **2018-04-18** Senate refused to concur in amendment (Amendment 4 - HA1215) `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-04-19** H. refused to recede from am. no. 4 SB1688
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- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
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- **2018-04-23** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/24/2018
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- **2018-04-23** Conference Committee appointed. (Briggs, Lundberg, Kyle)
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- **2018-04-23** Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.
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- **2018-04-24** Conf. comm. appointed. (Ragan, Van Huss, Pitts)
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- **2018-04-25** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 81, Nays 0 PNV 3
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- **2018-04-25** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
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- **2018-04-25** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 calendar for 4/25/2018
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- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 992
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- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018
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- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 992
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/496c84e1-bcee-43f1-bc65-fb121f139d38`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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