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HB1897

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

Failed·3/10/26

Tennessee HB1897 amends voter registration laws to require county election commissions to verify registrants against the SAVE program database to.

Tennessee HB1897 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to voter registration by requiring county election commissions to check each applicant for registration with the systematic alien verification for entitlements (SAVE) program database before placing a registrant on the voter rolls. This is to ensure that non-United States citizens are not registered to vote in the county.

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Roll Call Votes

HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

1 Yea

R

6 Nay

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History

Mar 10

House

Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

Mar 4

House

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

Feb 4

House

P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee