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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires the officer of elections at each polling place to post a sign on election day informing voters that it is against the law to vote in a political party's primary without being a bona fide member of or affiliated with that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party. - Amends TCA Title 2."
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description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires the officer of elections at each polling place to post a sign on election day informing voters that it is against the law to vote in a political party's primary without being a bona fide member of or affiliated with that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party. - Amends TCA Title 2."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "113"
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identifier: "SB 978"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 978 (113)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Election Laws"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Pody"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 28
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2023-01-31"
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last_action: "2023-05-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d4c9ab71-497d-497f-9cad-9b51932ca158"
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source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0978&GA=113"
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source_hash: "c30881809294bec30b3b9aa9e37b67d1898a06ad390301511d8f395b5cdf2688"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 978 (113) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires the officer of elections at each polling place to post a sign on election day informing voters that it is against the law to vote in a political party's primary without being a bona fide member of or affiliated with that political party, or to declare allegiance to that party without the intent to affiliate with that party. - Amends TCA Title 2.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment HA0212** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0212.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0427** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0427.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0978.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (1) — **55–27** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2023 Passed (2) — **63–22** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/17/2023 Passed (1) — **19–9** (pass) · upper
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- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/4/2023 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Pody — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2023-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2023-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
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- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
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- **2023-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2023
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- **2023-03-14** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2023
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- **2023-03-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2023
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- **2023-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2023
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- **2023-03-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/29/2023
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- **2023-03-28** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/29/2023
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- **2023-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2023
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- **2023-03-29** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/4/2023
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- **2023-04-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
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- **2023-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2023
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- **2023-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 19, Nays 9, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2023-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0427)
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- **2023-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2023-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2023-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 55, Nays 27, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2023-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0212) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2023-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2023-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2023-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2023-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2023-05-24** Effective date(s) 05/17/2023
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- **2023-05-24** Pub. Ch. 473
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d4c9ab71-497d-497f-9cad-9b51932ca158`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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