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HB2045 • 2026

Campaigns and Campaign Finance

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

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Sponsor
Marsh, Haile
Last action
2026-03-16
Official status
Sponsor(s) Added.
Effective date
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Plain English Breakdown

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Campaigns and Campaign Finance

ON MARCH 9, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2320.

What This Bill Does

  • ON MARCH 9, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2320.
  • AMENDMENT #1 makes the following changes:  Provides that general enhanced security for a candidate or officeholder is not deemed an expenditure for personal use, rather than only enhanced security for a candidate or officeholder's personal residence.
  • Further, such authorized expenditures must be disclosed as "security" rather than as "residential security."  Eliminates the $12,000 spending cap for security expenditures.
  • ON MARCH 16, 2026, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 2320 FOR HOUSE BILL 2045, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2320, AS AMENDED.

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Amendments

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Amendment 1-0 to HB2045

Plain English: House State & Local Government 1 Amendment No.

  • House State & Local Government 1 Amendment No.
  • 1 to HB2045 Crawford Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 2320 House Bill No.
  • 2045* HA0613 014200 - 1 - by deleting the amendatory language of SECTION 1 and substituting: (4) Expenditures of campaign funds to enhance security for an officeholder's personal residence are not deemed for personal use.
Amendment 1-0 to SB2320

Plain English: Amendment No.

  • Amendment No.
  • 1 to SB2320 Haile Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 2320 House Bill No.
  • 2045* SA0615 015243 - 1 - by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/20/2026

  2. 2026-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Parkinson, T. Hicks, Wright, Marsh)

  3. 2026-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/15/2026

  4. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Conference Committee appointed. (Haile, Briggs, Hatcher, Watson)

  5. 2026-04-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence.

  6. 2026-04-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/13/2026

  7. 2026-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. refused to recede from H. am. no. 1

  8. 2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/2/2026

  9. 2026-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate refused to concur in amendment

  10. 2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/26/2026

  11. 2026-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate Reset on calendar for 3/26/2026

  12. 2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/19/2026

  13. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  14. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  15. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 4, PNV 3

  16. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0613)

  17. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  18. 2026-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/16/2026

  19. 2026-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  20. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2026

  21. 2026-03-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  22. 2026-03-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 1

  23. 2026-03-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0615)

  24. 2026-03-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/9/2026

  25. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  26. 2026-03-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate Reset on calendar for 3/9/2026

  27. 2026-02-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/2/2026

  28. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026

  29. 2026-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  30. 2026-02-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  31. 2026-02-17 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  32. 2026-02-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/24/2026

  33. 2026-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/17/2026

  34. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  35. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee

  36. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  37. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  38. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  39. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  40. 2026-01-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON MARCH 9, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2320.

AMENDMENT #1 makes the following changes:



Provides that general enhanced security for a candidate or officeholder is not deemed an expenditure for personal use, rather than only enhanced security for a candidate or officeholder's personal residence. Further, such authorized expenditures must be disclosed as "security" rather than as "residential security."



Eliminates the $12,000 spending cap for security expenditures.

ON MARCH 16, 2026, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 2320 FOR HOUSE BILL 2045, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2320, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 makes the following changes:



Clarifies that expenditures of campaign funds for enhanced security are not deemed for personal use only for officeholders, rather than for both officeholders and candidates.


Clarifies that expenditures must not exceed $12,000, and must be used only for home security consultation, home security equipment, home security monitoring services, and the use of security guards at an officeholder's personal residence.


Clarifies that "home security equipment" means security software, entryway sensors, motion sensors, base stations, control panels, security cameras, video doorbells, floodlights, key fobs, panic buttons, glass break sensors, smoke and fire detectors, locks, and security doors.

ON MARCH 26, 2026, THE SENATE NON-CONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENT #1.

ON APRIL 2, 2026, THE HOUSE REFUSED TO RECEDE IN ITS ACTIONS IN ADOPTING HOUSE AMENDMENT #1.

ON APRIL 13, 2026, THE SENATE REFUSED TO RECEDE FROM ITS NONCURRENCE IN HOUSE AMENDMENT #1 AND APPOINTED A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

ON APRIL 15, 2026, THE HOUSE APPOINTED A CONFERENCE COMMITTEE.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 2320
By Haile

HOUSE BILL 2045
By Marsh
HB2045
010879
- 1 -

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

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-10-114(b), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision (4) and redesignating the existing subdivision (4) accordingly:
(4) Expenditures of campaign funds to enhance security for a candidate or
officeholder's personal residence are not deemed for personal use. Expenditures
authorized by this subdivision (b)(4) are limited to twelve thousand dollars ($12,000) per
calendar year and must be disclosed as "residential security." The candidate or
officeholder shall maintain all documentation pertaining to residential security
expenditures in accordance with § 2-10-212(c). In the event of an audit or investigation,
all information received by the registry concerning this subdivision (b)(4) is confidential
and not open to public inspection.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.