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type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools of a county to be closed for instruction on presidential primary election days if the county election commission uses such schools as a polling place. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 1."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools of a county to be closed for instruction on presidential primary election days if the county election commission uses such schools as a polling place. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1649"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1649 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCalmon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 23
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c1d8d2aa-5f29-4173-8c5d-37b4b6c0f17c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1649&GA=113"
source_hash: "ae5d6098cdd03300d1d774982df651d3048ff7e5704b0ef506a32bd15ef0eed6"
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 1649 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools of a county to be closed for instruction on presidential primary election days if the county election commission uses such schools as a polling place. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 1.
## 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/113/Bill/HB1649.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/6/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/22/2024 Passed (1) — **950** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 1/31/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/6/2024 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024 2/15/2024 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- McCalmon — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 1/31/2024
- **2024-01-31** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/6/2024
- **2024-01-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-06** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2024
- **2024-02-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/22/2024
- **2024-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-02-22** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-03-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-03-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-03-06** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-03-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-03-26** Effective date(s) 03/15/2024
- **2024-03-26** Pub. Ch. 573
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c1d8d2aa-5f29-4173-8c5d-37b4b6c0f17c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).