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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires a three-judge panel to hear any civil action in which it is alleged that a proposed charter amendment ordinance that is to be submitted to qualified voters at an election is in violation of the Constitution or state law; prohibits an amendment to the charter of a home rule municipality from being placed on any ballot if the amendment is in violation of the Constitution or state law. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 20, Chapter 18."
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description: "Election Laws - As enacted, requires a three-judge panel to hear any civil action in which it is alleged that a proposed charter amendment ordinance that is to be submitted to qualified voters at an election is in violation of the Constitution or state law; prohibits an amendment to the charter of a home rule municipality from being placed on any ballot if the amendment is in violation of the Constitution or state law. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 20, Chapter 18."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 525"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 525 (114)"
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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: ["Rose"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 5
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first_action: "2025-01-30"
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last_action: "2025-04-29"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f6bcb295-f584-4b9e-86aa-398732287539"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0525&ga=114"
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source_hash: "04d1e8b6cadb3a168a4586bb80563fff27e65d438e01e2c956ee5d50fa99b07f"
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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 525 (114) — Election Laws - As enacted, requires a three-judge panel to hear any civil action in which it is alleged that a proposed charter amendment ordinance that is to be submitted to qualified voters at an election is in violation of the Constitution or state law; prohibits an amendment to the charter of a home rule municipality from being placed on any ballot if the amendment is in violation of the Constitution or state law. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 20, Chapter 18.
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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 HA0411** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0411.pdf)
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2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0525.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Passed (2) — **73–21** (pass) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **73–22** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2025 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 1 BY PEARSON PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2025 Failed — **22–72** (fail) · lower
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- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/3/2025 Passed (1) — **25–5** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Rose — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-30** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/24/2025
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- **2025-03-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/3/2025
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- **2025-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2025-04-03** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 5 `passage`
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- **2025-04-07** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2025-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 73, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2025-04-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-21** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 04/24/2025
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- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 249
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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/f6bcb295-f584-4b9e-86aa-398732287539`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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