# Tennessee HB 0069: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55, relative to determining voter eligibility.

Tennessee HB 0069, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55, relative to determining voter eligibility., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-27 (Effective date(s) 05/21/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 0069
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55, relative to determining voter eligibility.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-01-07
- Last action: 2025-05-27, Effective date(s) 05/21/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 24
- Subjects: Election Laws
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 9 (259 yes, 44 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 3

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Appeal notices for rejected voter registrations: benefit, low. County election officials must send written appeal information when a voter-registration denial or rejection is subject to appeal. The notice must include an appeal form. You have 10 days from the date the notice is sent to appeal to the election commission.
- Citizenship record checks for Tennessee voters: mixed, medium. The law requires Tennessee’s elections coordinator and Department of Safety to create a secure citizenship-check portal before January 1, 2028. County election officials can use it before processing voter-registration applications. Checks use records on file when the applicant’s latest state driver…
- Felony record checks for Tennessee voters: mixed, medium. Tennessee’s elections coordinator and Bureau of Investigation must create a secure voter-eligibility portal before January 1, 2028. It checks eligibility using available records, including whether Tennessee felony convictions make an applicant ineligible. The portal must provide accurate, current a…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Rebecca K. Alexander (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jody Barrett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Gino Bulso (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Elaine Davis (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Clay Doggett (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Rick Eldridge (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: David B. Hawk (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tim Hicks (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Dan Howell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Renea Jones (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Justin Lafferty (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Jake McCalmon (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Debra Moody (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Powers
- Cosponsor: Reeves
- Cosponsor: Tim Rudd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Paul Sherrell (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Bryan Terry (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Chris Todd (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: White
- Cosponsor: Jason Zachary (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 | pass | 72 | 22 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 | pass | 77 | 18 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2025 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-17 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 27 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-25 | House | HOUSE TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE | pass | 18 | 1 |   |
| 2025-03-19 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 16 | 2 |   |
| 2025-03-11 | House | HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 6 | 1 |   |

## Actions (44)

- 2025-05-27: Effective date(s) 05/21/2025
- 2025-05-27: Pub. Ch. 473
- 2025-05-21: Signed by Governor.
- 2025-05-09: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House)
- 2025-05-08: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-24: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House)
- 2025-04-21: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0, PNV 1 (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0410) (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0409) (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-04-21: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House)
- 2025-04-21: Passed H., as am., Ayes 77, Nays 18, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-04-21: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-04-21: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0139) (House)
- 2025-04-21: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0138) (House)
- 2025-04-17: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-17: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-17: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House)
- 2025-04-17: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-04-16: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-09: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-09: Placed behind the budget (House)
- 2025-04-02: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2025 (House)
- 2025-04-02: Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/9/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/2/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-26: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-25: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-25: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-03-25: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House)
- 2025-03-19: Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/25/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-19: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Transportation Committee (House)
- 2025-03-18: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-03-12: Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025 (House)
- 2025-03-11: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee (House)
- 2025-03-05: Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/11/2025 (House)
- 2025-02-10: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-01-28: Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee (House)
- 2025-01-16: Ref. to State & Local Government Committee - Transportation Committee (House)
- 2025-01-15: P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees (House)
- 2025-01-14: Sponsor(s) Added. (House)
- 2025-01-14: Intro., P1C. (House)
- 2025-01-07: Filed for introduction (House)

## Bill text

- HA0138 (Substitute), 2025-04-21: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0138.pdf)
- HA0139, 2025-04-21: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0139.pdf)
- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0473.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0069.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0069.pdf)
- SA0409: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0409.pdf)
- SA0410: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0410.pdf)

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## Sources
- [HA0138 (Substitute) (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0138.pdf)
- [HA0139 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0139.pdf)
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0473.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0069.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0069.pdf)
- [SA0409 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0409.pdf)
- [SA0410 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0410.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0069-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).