Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to voter eligibility.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to security.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 5, relative to absentee ballots.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to medical cannabis.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article IV, Section 1, of the Constitution of Tennessee, to specify that only citizens of the United States may vote in state, county, or municipal elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to members of the general assembly.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 41, relative to voting.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to early voting.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 39, Chapter 17, relative to deepfakes in election communications.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to the use of unexpended campaign funds.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to campaign funds.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to certain political campaign committees.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 3 and Title 67, relative to the bureau of ethics and campaign finance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 20, Chapter 18, relative to ballot measures.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to voter identification.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 3, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to nominating petitions.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to voter registration.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 8, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to county election commissions.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to the Uniform Faithful Presidential Electors Act.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to campaign finance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2, relative to school board elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 13, relative to selection of candidates for United States senator.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to non-binding, advisory referenda.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to election officials.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 7, relative to primary elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to a ballot question.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to campaign finance.

A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to the Constitution of Tennessee, to provide for the people to propose laws by initiative.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to political communications.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 6 and Title 7, relative to municipal elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 19, Part 1, relative to political campaigns.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to evidence of identification for voting.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, relative to voter education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 6, relative to local elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-3-102, relative to reviewing assignments of voters to precincts and districts.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to convenient voting centers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 17; Title 27; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 54; Title 57 and Title 67, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to voter registration.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to campaign finance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 49, relative to partisan elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-6-202, relative to absentee ballots.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to political party registration.

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

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 4, relative to voter registration.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to a public policy opinion poll.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to voter registration.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 8 and Section 55-50-336, relative to election-related communications.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 2, Chapter 10, Part 2; Title 3, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 3, Chapter 6, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 55 and Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 5, relative to government reform.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 20 and Title 2, Chapter 5, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 1, relative to election laws.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 7, relative to polling places.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10 and Title 3, relative to campaign finances.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-5-102; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 18; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2; Title 54, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 5, relative to qualifications for office.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 7, relative to polling places.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, relative to the Tennessee Student Voter Act.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 17, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 8, Chapter 8 and Title 41, relative to voting.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 8 and Title 38, Chapter 6, relative to crimes related to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to a public policy opinion poll.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 12, relative to county election commissions.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to evidence of identification for voting.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to voting machines.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to voter registration.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, relative to voter registration.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to evidence of identification for voting.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 19, relative to foreign influence in politics.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 67, Chapter 1, Part 5, relative to the compensation of administrators of elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 13, relative to the selection of candidates for United States senator.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 6, relative to absentee voting.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to voting machines.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 11 and Title 2, Chapter 12, relative to citizen appeals to the state election commission.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to instant runoff voting.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 7, relative to evidence of identification for voting.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 9, relative to records of votes.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 1 and Title 49, relative to elections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to a polling place pilot program.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to political campaign committees.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to the registry of election finance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-12-102, relative to county election commissions.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-6-601, relative to voting in nursing homes.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to voting machines.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to absentee voting ballot boxes.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 20, Part 1, relative to precinct-based optical scanners.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-6-202, relative to the election process.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 10, relative to campaign financial disclosures.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 2, relative to absentee ballot applications.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, relative to elections.

As introduced, deletes the provision that limited the availability of recall elections for school board members to only Madison County. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2.

As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to notify individuals filing a petition for recall, referendum, or initiative to notify the individuals of any defects in the petition that must be cured prior to certification for final approval. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, designates a specific time frame of 48 hours within which the state executive committees should post on the websites of the respective political parties, any change to a scheduled appearance of a candidate or the unavailability of a candidate to appear at an event scheduled during the time between the primary and general elections. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, opens eligibility to vote in a referendum on the levy of a local option sales tax by a county to all voters in the county, including city residents, even if the proposed levy is equal to or below the current tax levied in the city. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 7.

As enacted, revises various provisions governing elections, including provisions regarding ballot stubs and persons serving as election officials. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 40.

As enacted, revises provisions governing certain election-related offenses. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, requires new amendments or additions to political party rules to take effect 10 business days, instead of 10 days, after being filed with the secretary of state and the coordinator of elections. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, increases time allowed for a person to register to vote from 30 days before an election to 25 days before an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, allows a person to register to vote or update voter information during the first 10 days of early voting during an election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, authorizes voters to request an absentee ballot by an online form. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 2.

As introduced, requires county election commissions to designate public institutions of higher education with 8,000 or more enrolled students as polling places during early voting in federal and state general elections and presidential primaries for a period of at least five days. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 1.

As introduced, requires county election commissions to call and send text messages and email notifications to voters whose registration may be purged as a result of the address verification program, with instruction on how the voters may verify or correct their address information. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.

As introduced, requires any county purchasing direct recording electronic voting systems to ensure that the systems have the capability to create a voter-verifiable paper audit trail for each ballot cast. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 9.

As introduced, requires administrators of elections to inform a person applying to vote online or by mail of a denial of voter registration by mail, telephone, and email within 110 days of the denial. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.

As introduced, requires the county election commission to designate restroom facilities in each building in which the election is held that are for the use of workers or volunteers working for a campaign; prohibits county election commissions from prohibiting workers or volunteers from using the designated restroom facilities if the worker or volunteer covers or removes clothing and accoutrements bearing campaign material. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

As introduced, authorizes up to two owners of an LLC that owns property in a city to vote in the city's elections. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.

As enacted, establishes requirements governing an executive committee's determination that a candidate is not qualified and exclusion of the candidate's name from a ballot. - Amends TCA Section 2-5-204.

As enacted, creates a process for voters in Madison County to remove a local board of education member who is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, authorizes Rutherford County to establish a program to operate convenient voting centers for federal, state, and local elections under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3.

As enacted, removes term limits for members of the Tennessee ethics commission; extends time for the general assembly to confirm appointees to the commission from 30 to 90 days. - Amends TCA Section 3-6-103.

As enacted, prohibits candidate who loses primary election from qualifying as a write-in candidate for the general election; prohibits write-in votes for such candidate from being counted for the general election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5 and Title 2, Chapter 7.

As introduced, authorizes person who registers to vote by mail to cast the person's first vote by absentee ballot. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2.

As enacted, requires county election commission to comply with terms of insurance policy with respect to legal representation and certain expenses. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 12.

As enacted, requires the county election commission to designate the entrances to a building in which an election is to take place that are for the use of voters, and to measure off 100 feet from those entrances for purposes of restricting certain campaign-related activities. - Amends TCA Section 2-7-111.

As introduced, extends the time by which a candidate may withdraw, from seven days after the qualifying deadline to 60 days before the election. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 5.

As introduced, authorizes a qualified person to register and vote on election day; authorizes a person to update the person's voter information and vote on election day; requires the state election commission to promulgate rules for such purposes. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, permits the use of a photo identification card issued by this state, the United States, or an accredited postsecondary institution of education in this state for purposes of verifying the identity of an eligible voter. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 7.

As introduced, requires each county election commission, no later than January 1, 2020, to utilize precinct-based optical scanners for elections. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 20.

As introduced, requires county election commissions to conduct a supplemental registration at public and private high schools once each fall and spring semester; authorizes high schools to provide opportunities for students to register to vote online at times other than the supplemental registrations. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.

As introduced, authorizes the use of campaign funds for the payment of fines, fees, and penalties assessed for the violation of campaign finance laws. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 10.

As introduced, requires county election commissions to use public institutions of higher education with 8,000 or more enrolled students for polling places during early voting in federal, state, and local elections; specifies that requirement does not apply to special or general elections. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 1 and Title 2, Chapter 6, Part 1.

As introduced, authorizes the use of a driver license from another state to establish a person's identity for the purposes of being issued a photo identification license by the department of safety for the purposes of voting. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 55, Chapter 50.

As introduced, requires a person to declare a statewide political party affiliation before voting in a primary election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, requires nonpartisan elections for state trial court judges and county judicial offices, effective January 1, 2021; requires the incumbent officer to be listed first on the election ballot if the incumbent qualifies for the election. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, requires department of safety to automatically register a qualified person to vote from information on an application for a driver license or photo identification card unless the person opts out; designates certain other state departments, and agencies and offices thereof, as voter registration agencies; requires such agencies to automatically register a qualified person to vote from information on an application for services unless the person opts out. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 4.

As introduced, permits any registered Tennessee voter to vote absentee for any reason after providing a certification as to the identity of the voter in the application for a ballot; requires an absentee ballot to be counted for the election in which the ballot is cast; deletes the requirement that a voter who registers by mail must vote the first time in person. - Amends TCA Title 2.

As introduced, authorizes voting to occur at institutions designated for elderly or disabled persons that have a qualified staff who regularly assess residents and attest that the population consists of persons of which at least 35 percent are frail, as defined by federal law. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 68.

As introduced, enacts the "Political Party Registration Act." - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3, Chapter 18.

As introduced, requires an application for an absentee ballot to contain only the last four digits of the voter's social security number rather than the entire social security number of the voter. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 6.