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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 the county election commission to designate the entrances to a building in which an election is to take place that are for the use of voters, and to measure off 100 feet from those entrances for purposes of restricting certain campaign-related activities. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-111."
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description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires the county election commission to designate the entrances to a building in which an election is to take place that are for the use of voters, and to measure off 100 feet from those entrances for purposes of restricting certain campaign-related activities. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-111."
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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 71"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 71 (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: ["Hazlewood", "Watson"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 33
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vote_count: 7
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first_action: "2019-01-09"
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last_action: "2019-04-09"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/074f1107-e5fb-475f-add0-aeadf2a02cab"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0071&GA=111"
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source_hash: "2c977d950a32b3dc6d28ce3ce92bb66c2a40ebab2c69ead16ac1ce900bcc503f"
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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 71 (111) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires the county election commission to designate the entrances to a building in which an election is to take place that are for the use of voters, and to measure off 100 feet from those entrances for purposes of restricting certain campaign-related activities. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-111.
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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. **Amendment SA0035** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0035.pdf)
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2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0071.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/26/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/13/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/28/2019 Passed — **31–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 3/14/2019 Passed — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/6/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/25/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/25/2019 2/21/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Hazlewood — primary (person)
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- Watson — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2019-01-09** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2019-01-18** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-22** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2019-01-23** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
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- **2019-01-28** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-01-30** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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- **2019-01-30** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/6/2019
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- **2019-02-06** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 2/13/2019
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- **2019-02-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2019-02-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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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. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/21/2019
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- **2019-02-21** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/25/2019
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- **2019-02-25** Passed H., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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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 with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
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- **2019-02-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2019-02-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0035)
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- **2019-02-28** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2019-02-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2019-02-28** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2019-02-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2019-03-08** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 3-14-19
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- **2019-03-14** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2019-03-14** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 92, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB0028
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- **2019-03-18** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2019-03-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2019-03-20** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2019-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2019-04-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 90
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- **2019-04-09** Pub. Ch. 90
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- **2019-04-09** Effective date(s) 03/28/2019
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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/074f1107-e5fb-475f-add0-aeadf2a02cab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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