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TN SB0684

TN SB0684
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 29, relative to voting rights.


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Introduced
02/09/2021
In Committee
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
04/28/2022

Introduced Session

112th General Assembly

Bill Summary

As introduced, allows certain persons deprived of the right of suffrage to apply for a voter registration card and have the right of suffrage provisionally restored if the person enters into a payment plan to become current on all child support obligations. - Amends TCA Title 40, Chapter 29.

AI Summary

This bill amends Tennessee's laws to allow certain individuals who have been deprived of the right to vote due to unpaid child support obligations to apply for a provisional restoration of their voting rights if they enter into a payment plan to become current on those obligations. The bill also authorizes the Secretary of State to promulgate rules to implement these provisions, and specifies that the bill takes effect on July 1, 2021 and applies to individuals applying for voter registration on or after that date.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee (on 02/11/2021)

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