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type: "Bill"
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title: "Election Laws - As enacted, revises present law relative to voting and county election commissions, such as requiring the commission to publish a notice of the location of the provisional counting board, prohibiting the commission from tabulating any marked ballots submitted via the internet, prohibiting voting machines from being connected to the internet, and making other changes. - Amends TCA Title 2."
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description: "Election Laws - As enacted, revises present law relative to voting and county election commissions, such as requiring the commission to publish a notice of the location of the provisional counting board, prohibiting the commission from tabulating any marked ballots submitted via the internet, prohibiting voting machines from being connected to the internet, and making other changes. - 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: "114"
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identifier: "SB 626"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 626 (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: ["Briggs"]
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version_count: 3
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-31"
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last_action: "2025-05-13"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e213d242-2497-40aa-8082-8bae47e389bd"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0626&ga=114"
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source_hash: "38b9becf0e9288b3222145649e2be2d88f9e2190f87cb934d731fac98dc8201b"
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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 626 (114) — Election Laws - As enacted, revises present law relative to voting and county election commissions, such as requiring the commission to publish a notice of the location of the provisional counting board, prohibiting the commission from tabulating any marked ballots submitted via the internet, prohibiting voting machines from being connected to the internet, and making other changes. - 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 HA0398** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0398.pdf)
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2. **Amendment SA0305** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0305.pdf)
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3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0626.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed (1) — **22–4** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **72–22** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2025 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Briggs — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-31** 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 State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
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- **2025-04-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
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- **2025-04-01** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
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- **2025-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
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- **2025-04-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2025
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- **2025-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2025-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2025-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 22, Nays 4 `passage`
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- **2025-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0305)
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- **2025-04-10** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0398) `amendment-withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
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- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 371
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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/e213d242-2497-40aa-8082-8bae47e389bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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