SB 823 Tennessee Senate · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)

Election Laws - As introduced, clarifies that the county election commissions have the duty to purge the permanent registration records of certain voters unless otherwise prohibited by federal law. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-132.

This Tennessee bill clarifies that county election commissions must remove certain voters from permanent registration records as required by law, unless federal law prohibits it. It amends state code (TCA § 2-2-132) to explicitly require commissions to purge registrations meeting criteria under § 2-2-106. The law directly affects county election officials who manage voter rolls. This is a procedural clarification of existing requirements, not a new policy change.
Bill status in committee 3 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2017
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2025 Last action Apr 2, 2025
Floor votes · House Apr 3, 2017

How they voted

390
Passed
Total votes 39
Apr 3, 2017
D Democratic12
12 Yea
100% Yea
R Republican27
27 Yea
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea All Nay Mixed No data
Full legislative history

Actions timeline

Total actions
8
Key actions
4
Committee
5
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
lower
Apr 1, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Apr 3, 2017
House · Passed
House Vote: pass (39-0)
house
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

Sponsors

Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Photo of Joey Hensley
Joey Hensley
RRepublican
TN
28