Tennessee bills · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)
Tennessee SB 799
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.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Johnson
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Apr 29, 2025): Pub. Ch. 259
Text versions
Roll-call votes
State vote data last updated Oct 27, 2026, 8:04 AM.
| Date | Vote | Result | Your legislators |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 14, 2025 House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
| Apr 9, 2025 Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
| Apr 2, 2025 Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/2/2025 Passed | pass | Set your home in Tennessee to see |
Actions
- Apr 29, 2025 · Legislature
Pub. Ch. 259 - Apr 29, 2025 · Legislature
Effective date(s) 04/24/2025 - Apr 24, 2025 · Senate
Signed by Governor. - Apr 21, 2025 · House
Signed by H. Speaker - Apr 21, 2025 · Senate
Transmitted to Governor for action. - Apr 17, 2025 · Senate
Signed by Senate Speaker - Apr 16, 2025 · Senate
Enrolled and ready for signatures - Apr 14, 2025 · House
Subst. for comp. HB. - Apr 14, 2025 · House
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0348) - Apr 14, 2025 · House
Passed H., Ayes 60, Nays 25, PNV 2 - Apr 10, 2025 · House
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - Apr 9, 2025 · Senate
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0329) - Apr 9, 2025 · Senate
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 3 - Apr 9, 2025 · Senate
Sponsor(s) Added. - Apr 9, 2025 · Senate
Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - Apr 7, 2025 · Senate
Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2025 - Apr 2, 2025 · Senate
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 - Apr 1, 2025 · Senate
Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025 - Apr 1, 2025 · Senate
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025 - Mar 26, 2025 · Senate
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025 - Mar 26, 2025 · Senate
Sponsor(s) Added. - Mar 11, 2025 · Senate
Sponsor change. - Feb 12, 2025 · Senate
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee - Feb 10, 2025 · Senate
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration - Feb 4, 2025 · Senate
Filed for introduction