Tennessee · 114

SB 799

Election Laws - As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are held at the regular August or regular November election; authorizes, in a county in which a statewide political party nominated a candidate by a method other than a primary election in 2022 or 2024, the statewide political party in such county to continue to use such method with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2.

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SB 799 generally requires statewide political parties in Tennessee to nominate candidates via primary elections for all partisan offices held in August or November. The bill authorizes counties where a party used a non-primary nomination method in 2022 or 2024 to continue that method, subject to certain exceptions. This legislation amends TCA Title 2.

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Roll-call votes on this bill

QuestionChamberResultYeaNayOtherDateSource
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 Passed (1) lower pass 0 0 2 Apr 14, 2025 Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2025 Passed (1) upper pass 0 0 1 Apr 9, 2025 Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with… upper pass 0 0 0 Apr 2, 2025 Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0