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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Laws - As enacted, expands the right of a person to place political campaign signs on their property for a certain time to all elections rather than only general elections as provided under the Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-143."
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description: "Election Laws - As enacted, expands the right of a person to place political campaign signs on their property for a certain time to all elections rather than only general elections as provided under the Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-143."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "112"
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identifier: "SB 208"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 208 (112)"
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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: ["Haile", "Rudd"]
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version_count: 1
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action_count: 31
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vote_count: 6
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first_action: "2021-01-19"
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last_action: "2021-04-12"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f9b46c63-df3c-4270-a9e6-b540f8eb654e"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0208&GA=112"
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source_hash: "f19ff02de879195a8dfd8f8dac4a59009977e9078dc5fe646d4eadadd6c81e25"
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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 208 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, expands the right of a person to place political campaign signs on their property for a certain time to all elections rather than only general elections as provided under the Tennessee Freedom of Speech Act. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-143.
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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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0208.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/15/2021 Passed (1) — **89–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2021 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
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- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/3/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
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- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2021 3/11/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Haile — primary (person)
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- Rudd — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
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- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
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- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
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- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/9/2021
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- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/16/2021
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- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
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- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/11/2021
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- **2021-03-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2021
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- **2021-03-15** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2021-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
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- **2021-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2021-03-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
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- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
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- **2021-03-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2021-03-22** Companion House Bill substituted
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- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
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- **2021-03-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
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- **2021-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
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- **2021-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker
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- **2021-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker
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- **2021-03-31** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2021-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-12** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 93
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- **2021-04-12** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
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- **2021-04-12** Pub. Ch. 93
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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/f9b46c63-df3c-4270-a9e6-b540f8eb654e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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