# Tennessee SB 0981: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to convenience voting.

Tennessee SB 0981, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to convenience voting., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-13 (Effective date(s) 05/05/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 0981
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to convenience voting.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2025-02-05
- Last action: 2025-05-13, Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Election Laws
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 2 (40 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- More Tennessee counties qualify for convenience voting: benefit, low. Tennessee counties with 64,400 to 64,500 residents now qualify under the state's existing convenience voting rules. Eligibility uses the 2020 federal census or a later federal census. The law took effect immediately upon becoming law.

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-07 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/7/2025 | pass | 31 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 |   |

## Actions (20)

- 2025-05-13: Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- 2025-05-13: Pub. Ch. 384
- 2025-05-05: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2025-04-23: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2025-04-22: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2025-04-22: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2025-04-16: Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2025-04-16: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2025-04-09: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2025-04-07: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2025-04-07: Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2025-04-04: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/7/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-02: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/2/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-04-01: Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-03-26: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025 (Senate)
- 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2025-02-05: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0384.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0620.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0981.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0384.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0620.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0981.pdf)

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- [HB 2666: AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2666-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0981-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).