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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires that, on and after January 1, 2024, each voting machine used by a county election commission produce a voter-verifiable paper audit trail, instead of being capable of producing a voter-verified paper audit trail. - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires that, on and after January 1, 2024, each voting machine used by a county election commission produce a voter-verifiable paper audit trail, instead of being capable of producing a voter-verified paper audit trail. - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2558"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2558 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bricken", "Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 56
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-02-01"
last_action: "2022-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d01ae037-d429-419a-8603-489bfb521692"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2558&GA=112"
source_hash: "b232722e35829a9c68d92a9711274323d4ffd6ecf0912ea7852ab17543156c4c"
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 2558 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires that, on and after January 1, 2024, each voting machine used by a county election commission produce a voter-verifiable paper audit trail, instead of being capable of producing a voter-verified paper audit trail. - Amends TCA Title 2.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0618** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0618.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0786** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0786.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2558.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/8/2022 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 (4) — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/26/2022 Passed (2) — **110** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/2/2022 — **00** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (3) — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Bricken — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-23** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-23** Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2022-03-16** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-03-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-22** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0618) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0786)
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-06-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-06** Effective date(s) 06/03/2022
- **2022-06-06** Pub. Ch. 1144
- **2022-06-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1144
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d01ae037-d429-419a-8603-489bfb521692`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).