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SB1228 • 2026

Election Laws

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

Elections
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Oliver, Salinas
Last action
2025-03-25
Official status
Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide specific details on the bill's potential impacts or updates to other election-related laws beyond early voting information posting times.

Changing Early Voting Information Posting Time

This bill changes when county election commissions must post their early voting hours before an election.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time when county election commissions need to announce their early voting office hours.
  • Requires these announcements to be made at least 30 days before the day of the election instead of 25 days.

Who It Names or Affects

  • County election commissions in Tennessee
  • Voters who use early voting

Terms To Know

Early Voting
The period before an election when people can vote at designated places.
Election Commission
A group that runs elections in a county or area.

Limits and Unknowns

  • This bill did not pass and was stopped by the Senate State and Local Government Committee.
  • The exact impact on voter turnout is unknown.

Amendments

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

Amendment 1-0 to SB1228

Plain English: The amendment adds new sections to Tennessee law to allow county election commissions and sheriffs to set up satellite voting locations in jails and detention facilities for eligible voters who are confined there.

  • County election commissions must work with the sheriff to establish one or more satellite voting locations within jails and detention facilities where eligible voters are detained.
  • Voting at these satellite locations can occur during early voting periods or on election day, as determined by both parties.
  • The amendment ensures that incarcerated individuals have access to voter registration materials and identification necessary for voting.
  • The exact details of how the collaboration between county election commissions and sheriffs will be implemented are not fully specified in the text provided.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Failed in Senate State and Local Government Committee

  2. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2025

  4. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/25/2025

  5. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee

  6. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  7. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  9. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  10. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  11. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  12. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1110
By Salinas

SENATE BILL 1228
By Oliver

SB1228
003268
- 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 2-6-103(c), is amended by deleting
the language "not less than twenty-five (25) days prior to the day of election" and substituting
instead "not less than thirty (30) days prior to the day of election".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.