KLS Keeping Law Simple Legislation in plain English

Straight-ahead summaries built from the official bill text. We keep the source links front and center and leave the decision up to you.

Back to Tennessee

SB2517 • 2026

Election Laws

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

Elections
Active

The official status still shows this bill as active or still awaiting another formal step.

Sponsor
Kyle, Towns
Last action
2026-02-05
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on how the earlier deadline will impact the work of election coordinators or the reason for choosing January 15.

Changing Election Report Deadline

This bill changes when election reports must be filed after a special voting project.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the deadline for filing election reports from January 31 to January 15.
  • Requires the coordinator of elections to send these reports to certain committees in the state government.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The coordinator of elections who must file the report earlier.
  • State and local government committees that receive the election reports.

Terms To Know

Convenience Voting Pilot Project
A special voting program being tested in Tennessee.
Coordinator of Elections
The person responsible for managing elections and filing reports about them.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how the earlier deadline will affect the work of election coordinators.
  • Does not explain why January 15 was chosen as the new date.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  2. 2026-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  4. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  5. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HOUSE BILL 2274
By Towns

SENATE BILL 2517
By Kyle
SB2517
012293
- 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 2-3-307, is amended by deleting the
language "January 31" and substituting instead "January 15".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.