Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Enacted 3 R cosponsors

SB 0799 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

Last action — Effective date(s) 04/24/2025

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  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Bill Lee (Republican) on April 17, 2025.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 3 recorded votes so far.

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Summary

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.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259

  2. Pub. Ch. 259

  3. Effective date(s) 04/24/2025

  4. Signed by Governor.

  5. Signed by H. Speaker

  6. Transmitted to Governor for action.

  7. Signed by Senate Speaker

  8. Enrolled and ready for signatures

  9. Comp. SB subst.

  10. Sponsor(s) Added.

  11. Subst. for comp. HB.

  12. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0348)

  13. Passed H., Ayes 60, Nays 25, PNV 2

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

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

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

  17. Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0329)

  18. Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 3

  19. Sponsor(s) Added.

  20. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

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

  22. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2025

  23. Sponsor(s) Added.

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

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

  26. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0

  27. Sponsor(s) Added.

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

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

  30. Sponsor(s) Added.

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

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

  33. Sponsor(s) Added.

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

  35. Sponsor(s) Added.

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

  37. Sponsor change.

  38. Sponsor change.

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

  40. Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee

  41. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  42. P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  43. Intro., P1C.

  44. Filed for introduction

  45. Filed for introduction

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 130 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (2)

Not signed on (130)

130 members have not signed on to this bill.

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"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

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elections
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 0799 do?
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 SB 0799?
SB 0799 is sponsored by Johnson, Jack (Republican), Gardenhire, Todd (Republican), and Hatcher, Tom (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 0799?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 04, 2025. Enacted.
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