Bill Commons

TN SB 626

enacted

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.

Tennessee · 114S1 · upper

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Did TN SB 626 pass?

Yes. TN SB 626 has been enacted into law. Latest recorded action (2025-05-13): Pub. Ch. 371

What is TN SB 626 about?

TN SB 626 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “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.”.

Who sponsors TN SB 626?

Briggs is the primary sponsor of TN SB 626.

Introduced
2025-02-10
Latest action
2025-05-13 — Pub. Ch. 371
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Briggsprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

Newest first

  1. 2025-05-13

    Pub. Ch. 371

  2. 2025-05-13

    Effective date(s) 05/05/2025

  3. 2025-05-05

    Signed by Governor.

    executive-signature

  4. 2025-04-23

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

    executive-receipt

  5. 2025-04-22

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

    enrolled

  6. 2025-04-22

    Signed by Senate Speaker

    passage

  7. 2025-04-22

    Signed by H. Speaker

    passage

  8. 2025-04-16

    Subst. for comp. HB.

    substitution

  9. 2025-04-16

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0398)

    amendment-withdrawal

  10. 2025-04-16

    Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 22, PNV 0

    passage

  11. 2025-04-10

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  12. 2025-04-09

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0305)

  13. 2025-04-09

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 22, Nays 4

    passage

  14. 2025-04-09

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  15. 2025-04-09

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

    receipt

  16. 2025-04-07

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2025

  17. 2025-04-02

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0

  18. 2025-04-01

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025

  19. 2025-04-01

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025

  20. 2025-03-26

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025

  21. 2025-02-12

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  22. 2025-02-10

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

    introduction

  23. 2025-01-31

    Filed for introduction

    filing

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2025 Passed

    2025-04-02 · pass · 7-2

  • FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-04-09 · pass · 22-4

  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1)

    2025-04-16 · pass · 72-22

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https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0626&ga=114

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