• 1. HB0505 by Todd. (*SB0474 by Rose.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As introduced, authorizes the county election commission to notify individuals filing a petition for recall, referendum, or initiative to notify the individuals of a defect in the petition that must be cured prior to certification for final approval.
  The Abstract summarizes HB0505 as introduced.
  

• 2. HB1254 by Keisling. (*SB1007 by Yager.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As enacted, revises present law relative to procedures for voting at a polling place.
  Summary exists for HB1254
  

• 3. *HB1399 by Zachary. (SB1527 by Taylor.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3; Title 5, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Title 7. As introduced, requires a county election commission to publish notice of the procedure for voting by absentee ballot in a runoff election in a municipality either on the commission's website or in a newspaper of general circulation in the municipality for at least five business days prior to the runoff election.
  The Abstract summarizes HB1399 as introduced.
  

• 4. HB0635 by Barrett. (*SB0595 by Pody.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As introduced, requires election commissions to purge registration records at least 50 days, instead of at least 90 days, before an election; requires the coordinator of elections to take certain actions regarding paper ballots; authorizes, beginning with the 2024 election cycle, county election commissions to use hand-marked paper ballots; authorizes certification of results to be based on a hand count.
  Summary exists for HB0635
  

• 5. HB0246 by Barrett. (*SB0136 by Hensley.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 2, Part 1. As introduced, requires reports of deaths in relation to maintaining voter registration lists to include the date of the death; requires the coordinator of elections to prepare a report for the general assembly regarding deaths of registered voters.
  Summary exists for HB0246
  

• 6. *HB0193 by Barrett. (SB1108 by Bowling.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As introduced, deletes provisions authorizing the establishment of convenient voting centers.
  The Abstract summarizes HB0193 as introduced.
  

• 7. HB0835 by Richey. (*SB0137 by Hensley.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Section 2-2-106 and Section 2-2-141. As introduced, requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with those of other relevant state agencies and county records when compiling information to distribute to the county elections commissions for purposes of purging voters who have moved; requires the coordinator of elections to compare the statewide voter registration database with the department of safety database to ensure non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in this state.
  Summary exists for HB0835
  

• 8. *HB0262 by Richey. (SB0405 by Hensley.)
  Political Parties - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 16; Title 17 and Title 49. As introduced, requires state and local elections for public office to be partisan elections; requires judges who are required by this state's constitution to be reelected at retention elections to declare a bona fide membership with a political party or independent status at least 30 days prior to a retention election.
  Summary exists for *HB0262
  

• 9. *HB0730 by Hemmer. (SB0729 by Campbell.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As introduced, ensures that all full-time residents of nursing homes are entitled to vote by absentee ballot regardless of whether the county election commission conducts on site voting at the nursing home facility; reduces from 45 to 30 days the period after an election by which a county election commission in a computerized county must forward to the secretary of state the verified names of all voters who participated in the election.
  The Abstract summarizes HB0730 as introduced.
  

• 10. *HB0303 by Jones. (SB0285 by Oliver.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As introduced, authorizes the use of an identification card issued by an accredited institution of higher education in this state for purposes of voter identification at a polling place; requires the secretary of state to conduct studies on such use and file reports regarding such use.
  The Abstract summarizes HB0303 as introduced.
  

• 11. *HB1461 by Towns. (SB1517 by Akbari.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As introduced, adds the election for city mayors to the list of races required to be automatically audited by a county election commission selected to conduct an audit.
  The Abstract summarizes HB1461 as introduced.
  

• 12. *HB0974 by Glynn. (SB0942 by Oliver.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As introduced, reduces, from 30 days to 15 days prior to an election, the time period during which a person cannot register to vote or alter the person's voter registration.
  The Abstract summarizes HB0974 as introduced.
  

• 13. HB0600 by Powell. (*SB0326 by Akbari.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Section 2-6-202. As introduced, changes the elements and classification of certain criminal offenses related to distribution of applications for absentee ballots.
  Summary exists for HB0600
  

• 14. *HB0603 by Powell. (SB0646 by Yarbro.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 1. As introduced, requires a county election commission to issue a notice requiring removal of campaign signs if the signs have not been removed from highway rights-of-way or other publicly owned property within three weeks after an election; authorizes the election commission to levy a civil penalty not to exceed $50 per day, per parcel of property on the candidate or campaign committee if the signs are not removed after receiving the notice.
  The Abstract summarizes HB0603 as introduced.
  

• 15. HB0933 by McKenzie. (*SB0346 by Campbell.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49. As enacted, requires each high school to inform each high school senior that upon reaching the age of 18 the student may be eligible to vote and provide information from the secretary of state about voter eligibility and how to register to vote.
  Summary exists for HB0933
  

• 16. *HJR0042 by Hardaway.
  Constitutional Amendments - Proposes amendment to allow people to propose laws by initiative.
  The Abstract summarizes HJR0042 as introduced.
  

• 17. *HB0274 by Hardaway. (SB1483 by Campbell.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As introduced, requires candidates for elective office who are unaffiliated with a statewide political party to disclose their unaffiliated status on sample or informational ballots used for campaigning purposes.
  The Abstract summarizes HB0274 as introduced.
  

• 18. *HB1020 by Doggett. (SB1094 by Bowling.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As introduced, requires the judges at a polling place to hand count and record the number of ballots counted and compare such number with the tally sheets after the polling place is closed.
  The Abstract summarizes HB1020 as introduced.
  

• 19. HB0475 by Crawford. (*SB0428 by Lundberg.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As introduced, requires election officials to meet at the polling place at least 45 minutes ahead of the time for opening the polls rather than 30 minutes.
  The Abstract summarizes HB0475 as introduced.
  

• 20. *HB0499 by Rudd. (SB0564 by Lundberg.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2; Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 17; Title 27; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 54; Title 57 and Title 67. As introduced, requires the officers of a party to file with the secretary of state and with the coordinator of elections a copy of the rules under which the party and its subdivisions operate within 15 days, instead of 30 days, following adoption in order for the party to have nominees on a ballot or exercise other rights of a political party.
  The Abstract summarizes HB0499 as introduced.
  

• 21. *HB0772 by Rudd. (SB1182 by Swann.)
  Election Laws - Amends TCA Title 2. As enacted, provides that a candidate's name may only be printed on the ballot if it is the name of a person whom the chair of a statewide political party has certified to be placed on the ballot for the office of president to the secretary of state; transfers responsibility for notifying county election commissions of candidate names that must appear on the ballot for each political party in the presidential preference primary from the secretary of state to the coordinator of elections; requires members of the state election commission to disclose any employment or the receipt of compensation, received for services related to elections.
  Summary exists for *HB0772
  

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