HB0458

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 55, Chapter 50, relative to elections.

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Tennessee HB0458 amends election laws to enhance voter registration verification, address verification, and ballot security.

Tennessee HB0458 amends Tennessee Code to enhance voter registration verification by requiring the coordinator of elections to compare voter registration addresses with residential addresses from the department of safety and other state agencies. It mandates that individuals who register by mail or online must appear in person to vote in their first election. The bill also requires county election commissions to complete address verification quarterly and mandates that optical scanners used to tabulate votes must scan hand-marked or machine-printed selections, not unreadable codes.

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Sponsors

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Democratic CaucusRepublican Caucus

Roll Call Votes

21 Yea

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0 Nay

1 Not Voting

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Calendar

Jan 20

3:00 PM

House Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee Hearing

Mar 25, 2025

3:00 PM

House Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee Hearing

History

Mar 16

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 534

Feb 9

House

Comp. SB subst.

Feb 9

House

Sponsor(s) Added.