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TN HB0620

TN HB0620
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to convenience voting.


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Introduced
01/30/2025
In Committee
04/15/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
05/13/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
05/13/2025

Introduced Session

114th General Assembly

Bill Summary

As enacted, authorizes Hamblen County to participate in the convenience voting center pilot project. - Amends TCA Title 2, Chapter 3, Part 3.

AI Summary

This bill amends Tennessee election law to specifically allow Hamblen County to participate in the convenience voting center pilot project. Convenience voting centers are polling locations that allow voters from multiple precincts to cast ballots at a single location, providing more flexibility in voting. The bill adds a specific population criterion to the existing law, defining the eligible county as having between 64,400 and 64,500 residents based on the 2020 federal census or any subsequent federal census. This precise population range appears to be tailored specifically to Hamblen County, effectively enabling the county to implement convenience voting centers. The legislation will take effect immediately upon becoming law, as stated in the bill's second section, which emphasizes the public welfare benefit of the proposed change.

Committee Categories

Budget and Finance, Government Affairs

Sponsors (1)

Last Action

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 384 (on 05/13/2025)

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