republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1264.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits a person convicted of voter fraud in any state from assisting a person with voting in this state, including early voting and by absentee ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits a person convicted of voter fraud in any state from assisting a person with voting in this state, including early voting and by absentee ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1264"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1264 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gresham", "Shaw"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bd7d3848-4c24-4c49-bd4f-44621c164bdb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1264&GA=111"
source_hash: "621d08ed5299da7e7255b63ca748e61f8c11ea0f354900e3c60d4f29e967561c"
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 SB 1264 (111) — Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits a person convicted of voter fraud in any state from assisting a person with voting in this state, including early voting and by absentee ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2.

## 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/111/Bill/SB1264.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/27/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommend for passage 2/26/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/20/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/28/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gresham — primary (person)
- Shaw — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-06** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 271
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 04/30/2019
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 271

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bd7d3848-4c24-4c49-bd4f-44621c164bdb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).