Election Laws - As introduced, permits any registered Tennessee voter to vote absentee for any reason after providing a certification as to the identity of the voter in the application for a ballot; requires an absentee ballot to be counted for the election in which the ballot is cast; deletes the requirement that a voter who registers by mail must vote the first time in person. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Bill status
failed
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2019
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 29, 2019
Last action Mar 6, 2019
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
14
Key actions
6
Committee
9
Mar 6, 2019
Committee
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee
upper
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/6/2019
lower
Feb 27, 2019
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
lower
Feb 26, 2019
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/26/2019
upper
Feb 20, 2019
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
lower
Feb 7, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Feb 1, 2019
Committee
Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
lower
Jan 31, 2019
Committee
P2C, ref. to Local Committee
lower
Jan 30, 2019
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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