Tennessee House Bill 69

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-15 - P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections, in collaboration with the department of safety and Tennessee bureau of investigation, to create two electronic portals prior to January 1, 2028, for purposes of verifying an applicant's eligibility to vote based upon United States citizenship and conviction of a felony prior to registering the applicant to vote; requires department of safety to issue lawful permanent residents a temporary driver license, instead of a standard license, to aid in determining voter eligibility for someone who presents a Tennessee driver license as identification. - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 4; Title 38; Title 39; Title 41 and Title 55.

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.

Rep. William Lamberth [R]

Rep. Jody Barrett [R]

Rep. Clay Doggett [R]

Rep. Gino Bulso [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-15	House	P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees
2025-01-14	House	Sponsor(s) Added.
2025-01-14	House	Intro., P1C.
2025-01-07	House	Filed for introduction

SB0133 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-16 - Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk pending committee appointments

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0069&ga=114
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0069.pdf