HB 1276

  • Tennessee House Bill
  • 112th Regular Session (2021-2022)
  • Introduced in House Feb 22, 2021
  • Passed House Apr 27, 2021
  • Passed Senate Apr 26, 2021
  • Signed by Governor May 11, 2021

Election Laws - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Election Integrity Act," which requires that absentee ballots, other than ballots authorized by state or federal law to be delivered electronically to qualified voters who are entitled to vote by absentee ballot, include a watermark approved by the coordinator of elections; requires a counting board official to verify that the absentee ballots contain the watermark and reject any ballot that does not bear the watermark. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 16 and Title 17.

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May 18, 2021

Senate

Pub. Ch. 374

Senate

Effective date(s) 01/01/2022

House

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 374

May 11, 2021

Senate

Signed by Governor.

May 03, 2021

Senate

Transmitted to Governor for action.

Apr 30, 2021

House

Signed by H. Speaker

Apr 28, 2021

Senate

Enrolled and ready for signatures

Senate

Signed by Senate Speaker

Apr 27, 2021

House

Sponsor(s) Added.

Senate

Subst. for comp. HB.

Senate

Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0321)

House

Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 1, PNV 0

House

Comp. SB subst.

Apr 26, 2021

House

H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021

Senate

Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

Senate

Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

Senate

Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0286)

Senate

Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0, PNV 1

Senate

Sponsor(s) Added.

House

Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

House

Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021

Apr 23, 2021

Senate

Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021

Apr 21, 2021

House

Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

House

Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021

Apr 14, 2021

House

Sponsor(s) Added.

House

Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021

Senate

Sponsor(s) Added.

Apr 13, 2021

Senate

Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 1

House

Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

House

Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

Apr 07, 2021

House

Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/13/2021

Senate

Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021

House

Ref. to Local Government Committee

Apr 06, 2021

House

Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

Senate

Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee

Apr 05, 2021

Senate

Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021

Mar 31, 2021

House

Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021

Mar 30, 2021

House

Action def. in Local Government Committee to 4/6/2021

Mar 24, 2021

House

Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/30/2021

Mar 23, 2021

House

Action def. in Local Government Committee to 3/30/2021

Mar 17, 2021

House

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

House

Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/23/2021

Mar 10, 2021

House

Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/17/2021

House

Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/17/2021

Mar 03, 2021

House

Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/10/2021

Feb 24, 2021

House

P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee

House

Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee

Feb 22, 2021

Senate

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

House

Intro., P1C.

Feb 11, 2021

House

Filed for introduction

Senate

Filed for introduction

Senate

Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

Bill Text

Bill Text Versions Format
Current Version PDF
Amendment HA0321 PDF
Amendment SA0286 PDF

Related Documents

Document Format
Fiscal Memo for HA0321 (7004)
Fiscal Note

Sources

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