Tennessee House Bill 597 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on March 3 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-03-03 - Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, allows a voter to use a photo identification card issued by a public institution of higher education to verify the voter's identity when voting; permits a voter to vote absentee for any reason after providing a certification as to the identity of the voter in the application for a ballot; requires an absentee ballot to be counted for the election in which the ballot is cast; deletes the requirement that a voter who registers by mail must vote the first time in-person. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, relative to elections.

Rep. John Clemmons [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-03-03	House	Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Government Committee
2021-02-24	House	Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
2021-02-20	House	Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
2021-02-11	House	P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee
2021-02-10	House	Intro., P1C.
2021-02-08	House	Filed for introduction

SB0466 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-11 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0597&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0597.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/HB0597.pdf