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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, establishes certain restrictions and limitations on state election commission, secretary of state, coordinator of elections, county election commission, and administrators of elections in regard to funding for elections, the acceptance of certain gifts, and the expenditure of certain funds. - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, establishes certain restrictions and limitations on state election commission, secretary of state, coordinator of elections, county election commission, and administrators of elections in regard to funding for elections, the acceptance of certain gifts, and the expenditure of certain funds. - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 966"
citation: "Tennessee HB 966 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carringer", "Roberts"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 42
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-10"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/16e16178-7aba-4f34-be27-971b6da7d82b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0966&GA=112"
source_hash: "ec3871dd058b744d9b6bf1275a15077176cf95820e33c11fccc5a90cb04298e0"
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 HB 966 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, establishes certain restrictions and limitations on state election commission, secretary of state, coordinator of elections, county election commission, and administrators of elections in regard to funding for elections, the acceptance of certain gifts, and the expenditure of certain funds. - Amends TCA Title 2.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0242** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0242.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0210** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0210.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0281** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0281.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0966.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — **7220** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/31/2021 (5) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021 4/8/2021 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2021 Passed (1) — **264** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/6/2021 Passed (2) — **71** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2021 Passed (2) — **7023** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Carringer — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/21
- **2021-04-12** Reset on cal. for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 4 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0281)
- **2021-04-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0210)
- **2021-04-15** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 20, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0242) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 306
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/04/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 306
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/16e16178-7aba-4f34-be27-971b6da7d82b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).