2025-2026 Regular SessionTennessee Legislature

HB0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

Legislative Summary

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.

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Bill History

2/4/2025
Filed for introduction
House of Representatives
2/5/2025
Intro., P1C.
House of Representatives
2/6/2025
P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives
2/10/2025
Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
House of Representatives
3/10/2025
Sponsor change.
House of Representatives
3/19/2025
Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/25/2025
House of Representatives
3/24/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
House of Representatives
3/26/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
House of Representatives
3/31/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/1/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025
House of Representatives
4/2/2025
Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025
House of Representatives
4/3/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/8/2025
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
House of Representatives
4/10/2025
H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Comp. SB subst.
House of Representatives
4/14/2025
Sponsor(s) Added.
House of Representatives
4/29/2025
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259

Amendments

HA0348

Amendment 1-0 to HB0855

4/9/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
4/8/2025
21
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
3/25/2025
5
Yea
2
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(4/29/2025)
Chamber
House of Representatives

Documents

Chaptered
Bill Text4/25/202569.3 KB
Draft
Bill Text3/10/20257.6 KB
Draft
Bill Text2/4/20257.6 KB
Fiscal Note/Analysis
Fiscal Note/Analysis3/24/2025117.5 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/23/2025113.7 KB