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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Laws - As enacted, reduces from 90 days to 60 days the period before a qualifying deadline for elective office during which nominating petitions may be issued by an administrator, deputy, county election commissioner, or employee of the coordinator's office, other than nominating petitions for the offices of the President of the United States and delegates to the national conventions of all statewide political parties. - Amends TCA Section 2-5-102."
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description: "Election Laws - As enacted, reduces from 90 days to 60 days the period before a qualifying deadline for elective office during which nominating petitions may be issued by an administrator, deputy, county election commissioner, or employee of the coordinator's office, other than nominating petitions for the offices of the President of the United States and delegates to the national conventions of all statewide political parties. - Amends TCA Section 2-5-102."
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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 2497"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 2497 (110)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Election Laws"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Sanderson"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2018-01-25"
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last_action: "2018-04-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5a231199-96fb-4282-9448-cbf049721320"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2497&GA=110"
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source_hash: "f4a7324e89c43601c59682440157b3ac2c8c13486bc58796e885eece45c80a11"
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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 2497 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, reduces from 90 days to 60 days the period before a qualifying deadline for elective office during which nominating petitions may be issued by an administrator, deputy, county election commissioner, or employee of the coordinator's office, other than nominating petitions for the offices of the President of the United States and delegates to the national conventions of all statewide political parties. - Amends TCA Section 2-5-102.
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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/SB2497.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **77–16** (fail) · lower
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- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2018 Passed (1) — **6–3** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/1/2018 PASSED — **26–2** (fail) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Johnson — primary (person)
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- Sanderson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-25** 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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- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
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- **2018-02-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/20/2018
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- **2018-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
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- **2018-02-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/1/2018
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- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
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- **2018-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2018-03-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 2 `passage`
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- **2018-03-05** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/13/2018
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- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
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- **2018-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
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- **2018-03-19** Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 16, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2018-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2018-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2018-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2018-03-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2018-03-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2018-03-22** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2018-04-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2018-04-06** Pub. Ch. 637
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- **2018-04-06** Effective date(s) 01/01/2019
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- **2018-04-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 637
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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/5a231199-96fb-4282-9448-cbf049721320`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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