Tennessee · 114
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.
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SB 799 generally requires statewide political parties in Tennessee to nominate candidates via primary elections for all partisan offices held in August or November. The bill authorizes counties where a party used a non-primary nomination method in 2022 or 2024 to continue that method, subject to certain exceptions. This legislation amends TCA Title 2.
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Roll-call votes on this bill
| Motion / question | Chamber | Stage | Roll | Outcome | Yea | Nay | Other | Date | Source |
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| FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed (1) | lower | — | 605ae2c2-f8f8-4707-ae72-94ab9c2ab6f8 | pass | 0 | 0 | 2 | Apr 14, 2025 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/605ae2c2-f8f8-4707-ae72-94ab9c2ab6f8 CC0-1.0 |
| FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed (1) | upper | — | 9336da04-8473-4128-b0ba-750857d2f899 | pass | 0 | 0 | 1 | Apr 9, 2025 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/9336da04-8473-4128-b0ba-750857d2f899 CC0-1.0 |
| SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with… | upper | — | ff0ffd43-5564-4536-b848-314bb9a33798 | pass | 0 | 0 | 0 | Apr 2, 2025 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) ocd-vote/ff0ffd43-5564-4536-b848-314bb9a33798 CC0-1.0 |