HB0999

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

Introduced·2/5/25

Tennessee HB0999 amends election laws to require visible secure watermarks on all paper ballots and mandates digital image posting and auditing of.

Tennessee HB0999 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections by introducing new requirements for paper ballots. The bill mandates that all paper ballots, including absentee ballots, must include a visible secure watermark for verification purposes. It also requires the secretary of state to post digital images of scanned paper ballots on the state's website and to audit these images using optical character recognition technology.

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History

Mar 10

House

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

Mar 5

House

Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/10/2026

Mar 3

House

Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to 3/10/2026