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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits candidate who loses primary election from qualifying as a write-in candidate for the general election; prohibits write-in votes for such candidate from being counted for the general election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5 and Title 2, Chapter 7."
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description: "Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits candidate who loses primary election from qualifying as a write-in candidate for the general election; prohibits write-in votes for such candidate from being counted for the general election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5 and Title 2, Chapter 7."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "111"
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identifier: "SB 1258"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1258 (111)"
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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: ["Gresham", "Shaw"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 34
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2019-02-05"
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last_action: "2019-04-15"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1f931de-ee2a-42a2-921a-caff0a5d0d53"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1258&GA=111"
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source_hash: "e748be37e78c259569b57928617494cd4fdb57fb434c1e550861a924aa4b1b12"
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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 1258 (111) — Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits candidate who loses primary election from qualifying as a write-in candidate for the general election; prohibits write-in votes for such candidate from being counted for the general election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5 and Title 2, Chapter 7.
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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/111/Bill/SB1258.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019 3/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/7/2019 Passed — **23–1** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/20/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/25/2019 Passed (1) — **81–9** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/26/2019 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Gresham — primary (person)
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- Shaw — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
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- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
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- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 2/27/2019
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- **2019-02-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/28/2019
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- **2019-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate Reset on calendar 3/4/19
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- **2019-03-01** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/4/2019
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- **2019-03-04** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/7/2019
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- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
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- **2019-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 1, PNV 3 `passage`
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- **2019-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
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- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/21/2019
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- **2019-03-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/25/2019
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- **2019-03-25** Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 9, PNV 4 `passage`
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- **2019-03-25** Subst. for comp. HB.
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- **2019-03-25** Comp. SB subst.
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- **2019-03-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
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- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2019-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2019-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
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- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 128
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- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/09/2019
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- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 128
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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/c1f931de-ee2a-42a2-921a-caff0a5d0d53`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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