republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-772.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Election Laws - As enacted, provides that a candidate's name may only be printed on the ballot if it is the name of a person whom the chair of a statewide political party has certified to be placed on the ballot for the office of president to the secretary of state; transfers responsibility for notifying county election commissions of candidate names that must appear on the ballot for each political party in the presidential preference primary from the secretary of state to the coordinator of elections; requires members of the state election commission to disclose any employment or the receipt of compensation, received for services related to elections. - Amends TCA Title 2."
description: "Election Laws - As enacted, provides that a candidate's name may only be printed on the ballot if it is the name of a person whom the chair of a statewide political party has certified to be placed on the ballot for the office of president to the secretary of state; transfers responsibility for notifying county election commissions of candidate names that must appear on the ballot for each political party in the presidential preference primary from the secretary of state to the coordinator of elections; requires members of the state election commission to disclose any employment or the receipt of compensation, received for services related to elections. - Amends TCA Title 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 772"
citation: "Tennessee HB 772 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Election Laws"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Rudd"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 31
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2023-01-30"
last_action: "2023-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5edf08e2-82f9-4831-85f7-380417204153"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0772&GA=113"
source_hash: "10776af92dccc2665c34ed9e43243c1d0903f8d5df5a4dd67106ef8b2bdd0e57"
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 772 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, provides that a candidate's name may only be printed on the ballot if it is the name of a person whom the chair of a statewide political party has certified to be placed on the ballot for the office of president to the secretary of state; transfers responsibility for notifying county election commissions of candidate names that must appear on the ballot for each political party in the presidential preference primary from the secretary of state to the coordinator of elections; requires members of the state election commission to disclose any employment or the receipt of compensation, received for services related to elections. - Amends TCA Title 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0355** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0355.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0342** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0342.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB0772.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/19/2023 Passed (1) — **26–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2023 Passed (1) — **73–22** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023 4/6/2023 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2023 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/29/2023 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2023-02-02** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-02-07** Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-14** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2023-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/22/2023
- **2023-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-22** Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/29/2023
- **2023-03-29** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/4/2023
- **2023-03-29** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2023-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2023-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2023
- **2023-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/10/2023
- **2023-04-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 73, Nays 22, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2023-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2023-04-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0355) `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2023-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2023
- **2023-04-12** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0342)
- **2023-04-12** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2023-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2023
- **2023-04-19** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2023-04-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/11/2023
- **2023-05-19** Pub. Ch. 389

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5edf08e2-82f9-4831-85f7-380417204153`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).