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HB0093 • 2026

Election Laws

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

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Sponsor
Shaw, Walley
Last action
2025-02-18
Official status
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Election Sign Rules

This bill requires the state coordinator of elections to create rules about where political campaign signs can be placed for candidates running for state and local offices.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the state coordinator of elections to make new rules about placing campaign signs.
  • These rules will apply to candidates who are trying to get elected to state or local positions.
  • The rules must follow a set process called the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Candidates running for state and local offices
  • People putting up political campaign signs

Terms To Know

Uniform Administrative Procedures Act
A set of rules that the government must follow when making new regulations.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify exactly what the sign placement rules will be.
  • It is unclear how soon after July 1, 2025, the rules will actually be made and put into use.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

  2. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee

  4. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

  5. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2025

  6. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/18/2025

  7. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 2/18/2025

  9. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  10. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/11/2025

  11. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee

  12. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  13. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Government Operations for Review

  14. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  15. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  16. 2025-01-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 311
By Walley

HOUSE BILL 93
By Shaw

HB0093
001037
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2,
relative to elections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-11-201, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
The state coordinator of elections shall promulgate rules to regulate the spacing
of campaign signage by candidates seeking election to state and local offices. Such
rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures
Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.