AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 40, relative to voting rights.

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Election Laws - As introduced, removes the permanent deprivation of the right of suffrage upon conviction of certain infamous crimes; changes the revocation of a person's voting rights pursuant to a conviction for an infamous crime to a temporary suspension of voting rights for the period of confinement, probation, or parole; automatically restores a person's voting rights upon release from confinement, probation, or parole. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

Every action

9 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

1. Jan 31, 2023SenateFiled for introduction
2. Feb 2, 2023SenateIntroduced, Passed on First Consideration
3. Feb 6, 2023CommitteePassed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee · Senate State and Local Government Committee
4. Mar 14, 2023CommitteePlaced on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2023 · Senate State and Local Government Committee
5. Mar 21, 2023SenateAction deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2023
6. Mar 22, 2023CommitteePlaced on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2023 · Senate State and Local Government Committee
7. Mar 28, 2023SenateAction deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/29/2023
8. Mar 28, 2023CommitteePlaced on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/29/2023 · Senate State and Local Government Committee
9. Mar 29, 2023SenateAction deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to first calendar of 2024

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

• RA Raumesh AkbariD Primary sponsor · District 29