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HB0336 • 2026

Campaigns and Campaign Finance

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 3 and Title 8, relative to public office.

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Sponsor
Crawford, Harshbarger
Last action
2025-02-03
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details about how or when audits will be conducted, nor does it specify broader updates to election finance laws beyond increasing audit percentages.

Campaign Finance Audit Increase

This bill changes the percentage of general assembly candidates and their committees who will be selected for an audit by the registry of election finance from 4% to 5%

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law so that 5 percent of all general assembly candidates are chosen for audits instead of 4 percent.

Who It Names or Affects

  • General Assembly candidates
  • Campaign committees

Terms To Know

Registry of Election Finance
The agency that oversees the financial aspects of elections and campaigns in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how or when the audits will be conducted.
  • It is unclear what specific changes this bill will bring to election finance laws beyond increasing audit percentages.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  4. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  5. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  6. 2025-01-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 353
By Harshbarger

HOUSE BILL 336
By Crawford

HB0336
001933
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2;
Title 3 and Title 8, relative to public office.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-212(a)(2), is amended by
deleting "four percent (4%) of all candidates" and substituting "five percent (5%) of all
candidates".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.