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TN HB0896

TN HB0896
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
02/22/2021
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 election law to allow certain individuals who have been deprived of the right to vote due to unpaid child support obligations to have their voting rights provisionally restored 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 the new provisions and specifies that the law takes effect on July 1, 2021.

Committee Categories

Justice

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Def. to Summer Study in Criminal Justice Subcommittee (on 03/31/2021)

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