republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-419.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits a county election commissioner from voting on issues that directly affect the commissioner's immediate family member who is a candidate for office; requires a county election commissioner to be recused of official duties 30 days prior to an election if an immediate family member of the commissioner is a candidate for office in that county. - Amends TCA Section 2-12-102."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits a county election commissioner from voting on issues that directly affect the commissioner's immediate family member who is a candidate for office; requires a county election commissioner to be recused of official duties 30 days prior to an election if an immediate family member of the commissioner is a candidate for office in that county. - Amends TCA Section 2-12-102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 419"
citation: "Tennessee SB 419 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Hakeem"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48662d85-4e53-4f4e-902d-1947b0adc774"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0419&GA=112"
source_hash: "0795666980c36b3d39e20f1652f86638cba9fcf7f891401c717cf6a86676f99a"
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 419 (112) — Election Laws - As enacted, prohibits a county election commissioner from voting on issues that directly affect the commissioner's immediate family member who is a candidate for office; requires a county election commissioner to be recused of official duties 30 days prior to an election if an immediate family member of the commissioner is a candidate for office in that county. - Amends TCA Section 2-12-102.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0419.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2021 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/10/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Day Certain Third Consideration 4/15/2021 Failed — **4–28** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2021 Passed (1) — **85–3** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/16/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/6/2021 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Campbell — primary (person)
- Hakeem — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-02-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Sponsor change.
- **2021-04-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-08** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-14** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 3, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-15** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 292
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 292

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48662d85-4e53-4f4e-902d-1947b0adc774`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).