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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1050
SENATE BILL NO. 232
By Akbari, Campbell, Kyle, Lamar, Yarbro
Substituted for: House Bill No. 659
By Chism, Clemmons, Camper
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, Chapter 7, relative to polling places.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-7-111, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(e) A county election commission may designate restroom facilities in a building in
which the election is to be held that are for the use of workers or volunteers working for a
campaign. Workers and volunteers of a campaign working outside of a polling place may use
restroom facilities in the building in which the election is held that have been designated for
use by workers or volunteers working for a campaign, but shall not enter the polling place. A
worker or volunteer of a campaign shall cover or remove clothing or accoutrements bearing
campaign material before entering the boundary designated under subsection (a). A worker
or volunteer of a campaign who enters the boundary without covering or removing campaign
material, or who attempts to solicit votes within the boundary, may be subject to punishment
under§ 2-19-119.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 232
PASSED: April 23, 2026
RANDY WlcNALLY
SPEAKER OF TH~SENATE
CAMERO~XTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this ,::l1vv:J- day of CYJlM.,J-::: 2026
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