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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, expressly prohibits non-United States citizens from voting in federal, state, or local elections in this state; prohibits local governments from granting non-citizens the right to vote in local elections; enacts other related election provisions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2 and Title 2, Chapter 7."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, expressly prohibits non-United States citizens from voting in federal, state, or local elections in this state; prohibits local governments from granting non-citizens the right to vote in local elections; enacts other related election provisions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2 and Title 2, Chapter 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2245"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2245 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crawford", "Hensley"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 50
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eac22a16-1c26-4a6b-8318-b9c741d6c389"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2245&GA=112"
source_hash: "7a64d7c987d0203e627039d56faee71d1ec80d8b849393592e3e11f2f85ca647"
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 2245 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, expressly prohibits non-United States citizens from voting in federal, state, or local elections in this state; prohibits local governments from granting non-citizens the right to vote in local elections; enacts other related election provisions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2 and Title 2, Chapter 7.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment SA0807** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0807.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2245.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/16/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/4/2022 Passed — **256** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/3/2022 Passed (1) — **920** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022 2/24/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 4/11/2022 Passed — **8310** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/22/2022 Passed — **72** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Crawford — primary (person)
- Hensley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Sponsor change.
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/3/2022
- **2022-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-03** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/22/2022
- **2022-03-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/4/2022
- **2022-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2022-04-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0807)
- **2022-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-07** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/11/22
- **2022-04-11** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 83, Nays 10 PNV 0 HB2128
- **2022-04-12** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 939
- **2022-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/29/2022
- **2022-05-04** Pub. Ch. 939
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eac22a16-1c26-4a6b-8318-b9c741d6c389`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).