AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.
- Introduced Jan 27, 2023
- In committee Feb 1, 2023
- Died
- Passed the Senate
- To the governor
- Became law
What it does
The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.
Election Laws - As introduced, ensures that all full-time residents of nursing homes are entitled to vote by absentee ballot regardless of whether the county election commission conducts on site voting at the nursing home facility; reduces from 45 to 30 days the period after an election by which a county election commission in a computerized county must forward to the secretary of state the verified names of all voters who participated in the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Every action
8 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.
- HouseFiled for introduction
- HouseIntro., P1C.
- HouseSponsor(s) Added.
- CommitteeP2C, ref. to Local Government Committee · House Local Government Committee
- CommitteeAssigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee · House Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
- HouseSponsor(s) Added.
- CommitteePlaced on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/22/2023 · House Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
- HouseTaken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
Roll calls
No recorded votes on this bill yet.
Sponsors
The member who introduced it, joined by 2 cosponsors: 2 Democrats.
- CH Caleb HemmerD Primary sponsor · District 59
All 2 cosponsors
From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 3, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.