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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 829
SENATE BILL NO. 1720
By Haile, Rose
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1659
By Moon, Stinnett, Alexander, Harris, Russell
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 10, Chapter 7, relative to public
records.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-5-102, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
(c) Notwithstanding § 10-7-503, the addresses on a nominating petition for the office
of judge, chancellor, district attorney general, and public defender are confidential and are
not open to public inspection, unless requested by a candidate or law enforcement authority
in anticipation of or as part of a contest of candidacy or contest of election. A person
requesting such information shall certify on a form provided by the coordinator of elections
the reason for the request under penalty of perjury.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1720
PASSED: April 14, 2026
RANDY "cNALLY
SPEAKER OF THE)SENA TE
CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this 2]/:t day of /4pr:,) 2026
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