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Tennessee bills · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)

Tennessee HB 855

Election Laws - As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are held at the regular August or regular November election; authorizes, in a county in which a statewide political party nominated a candidate by a method other than a primary election in 2022 or 2024, the statewide political party in such county to continue to use such method with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2.

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. To Governor
  6. Became law

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Latest action(Apr 29, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259

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State vote data last updated Oct 27, 2026, 8:04 AM.

DateVoteResultYour legislators
Apr 14, 2025
House		HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025failSet your home in Tennessee to see
Apr 8, 2025
House		HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2025 PassedpassSet your home in Tennessee to see
Mar 25, 2025
House		HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/25/2025 PassedpassSet your home in Tennessee to see

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