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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40."
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description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40."
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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 645"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 645 (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: ["Beavers", "VanHuss"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 35
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2017-02-08"
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last_action: "2017-05-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2695768-cfb9-45d3-99ea-a6c4db29cf3d"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0645&GA=110"
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source_hash: "abe1fd9e08b7afa17e6adbff94ef8cf7708402e30e786a3f3d1011db025c4df8"
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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 645 (110) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires a court to impose an additional $1,000 fine for a conviction for voter fraud; provides a $1,000 reward for information leading to a conviction for voter fraud. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.
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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/SB0645.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1 4/4/2017 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Beavers — primary (person)
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- VanHuss — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2017
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- **2017-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 2/28/2017
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- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/28/2017
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- **2017-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/7/2017
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- **2017-03-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/9/2017
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- **2017-03-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2017
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- **2017-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2017-03-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2017-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2017-03-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0036) `amendment-passage`
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- **2017-03-20** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
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- **2017-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
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- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2017
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- **2017-04-19** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2017-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 26, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
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- **2017-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0286)
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- **2017-04-19** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2017-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2017-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2017-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2017-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2017-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2017-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 246
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- **2017-05-11** Pub. Ch. 246
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- **2017-05-11** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
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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/d2695768-cfb9-45d3-99ea-a6c4db29cf3d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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