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TN HB 855

died on adjournment

Election Laws - As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are held at the regular August or regular November election; authorizes, in a county in which a statewide political party nominated a candidate by a method other than a primary election in 2022 or 2024, the statewide political party in such county to continue to use such method with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2.

Tennessee · 114S1 · lower

Quick answers

Did TN HB 855 pass?

No. TN HB 855 died when the 114S1 session adjourned without final action on it. Bills that die this way are sometimes reintroduced in a later session. Latest recorded action (2025-04-29): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259

What is TN HB 855 about?

TN HB 855 is a bill in the 114S1 titled “Election Laws - As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are held at the regular August or regular November election; authorizes, in a county in which a statewide political party nominated a candidate by a method other than a primary election in 2022 or 2024, the statewide political party in such county to continue to use such method with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2.”.

Who sponsors TN HB 855?

Reeves is the primary sponsor of TN HB 855.

Introduced
2025-02-05
Latest action
2025-04-29 — Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259
Bill type
bill
Last updated
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Subjects

Sponsors

  • Reevesprimary

Committees

Not provided by source.

Action timeline

  1. 2025-02-04

    Filed for introduction

    filing

  2. 2025-02-05

    Intro., P1C.

    introduction

  3. 2025-02-06

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  4. 2025-02-10

    Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee

    referral-committee

  5. 2025-03-10

    Sponsor change.

    sponsorship

  6. 2025-03-19

    Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/25/2025

  7. 2025-03-24

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  8. 2025-03-25

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

    referral-committee

  9. 2025-03-26

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025

  10. 2025-03-31

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  11. 2025-04-01

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  12. 2025-04-02

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025

  13. 2025-04-02

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025

  14. 2025-04-03

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  15. 2025-04-08

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

    committee-passage-favorable

  16. 2025-04-09

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025

  17. 2025-04-10

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025

  18. 2025-04-14

    Sponsor(s) Added.

    sponsorship

  19. 2025-04-14

    Comp. SB subst.

  20. 2025-04-29

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259

Versions

Documents

Votes

  • HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/25/2025 Passed (3)

    2025-03-25 · pass · 5-2

  • HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2025 Passed (2)

    2025-04-08 · pass · 21-2

  • HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025 (1)

    2025-04-14 · fail · 0-0

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Official source

https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0855&ga=114

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