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SB0777 • 2026

Election Laws

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

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Sponsor
Lowe, Todd
Last action
2026-04-24
Official status
Sponsor(s) Added.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The candidate explanation included claims about updating Tennessee's laws in Title 2 of the state code and changing how long candidates have to remove signs after an election. These were narrowed down based on the official bill text.

Changing Sign Removal Time After Elections

This bill changes the time limit for removing campaign signs from three weeks to two weeks after an election.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time limit for removing campaign signs, posters, or placards advocating candidacy from not exceeding three weeks to not exceeding two weeks after the election.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Candidates and their teams who put up signs during campaigns
  • Local governments responsible for enforcing sign removal rules

Terms To Know

Tennessee Code Annotated
The official collection of laws in Tennessee, organized by subject.
Subsection (a)
A part of a law that deals with specific details within the main section.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if signs are not removed on time.
  • The bill does not change any other rules about election campaigns or voting.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB0886

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

  • House State & Local Government 1 Amendment No.
  • 1 to HB0886 Crawford Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 777* House Bill No.
  • 886 HA0135 005133 - 1 - by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1.
Amendment 1-0 to SB0777

Plain English: Senate State and Local Government 1 Amendment No.

  • Senate State and Local Government 1 Amendment No.
  • 1 to SB0777 Briggs Signature of Sponsor AMEND Senate Bill No.
  • 777* House Bill No.
  • 886 SA0951 016383 - 1 - by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  2. 2026-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Re-refer to S. Cal Comm

  3. 2026-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2026

  4. 2026-04-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  5. 2026-04-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  6. 2026-04-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Failed in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  7. 2026-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2026

  8. 2026-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/20/2026

  9. 2026-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026

  10. 2026-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

  11. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  12. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  13. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026

  14. 2026-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 3 PNV 0

  15. 2026-03-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/31/2026

  16. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/31/2026

  17. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026

  18. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026

  19. 2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2026

  20. 2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2026

  21. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2026

  22. 2026-01-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  23. 2026-01-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  24. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  25. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  26. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  27. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee

  28. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  29. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  30. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  31. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  32. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  33. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  34. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  35. 2025-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  36. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  37. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  38. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025

  39. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  40. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  41. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  42. 2025-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  43. 2025-03-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  44. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/11/2025

  45. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/11/2025

  46. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/4/2025

  47. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee

  48. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  49. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  50. 2025-02-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  51. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  52. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  53. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  54. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  55. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  56. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 886
By Todd

SENATE BILL 777
By Lowe

SB0777
002780
- 1 -

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 2-1-116, is amended by deleting the
language "not to exceed three (3) weeks" in subsection (a) and substituting instead "not to
exceed two (2) weeks".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.