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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 371

                                SENATE BILL NO. 626

                                By Briggs, Bowling

                                Substituted for: House Bill No. 457

                                By Rudd, Bricken

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2, relative to elections.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-7-112(e)(10), is amended by deleting the
last sentence and substituting instead:

If the county election commission determines that the counting of provisional ballots cannot be
completed by the designated time, the state coordinator of elections may grant the county an
extension of time and shall designate a time that is no later than the third Monday after the
election.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-7-112(a)(3)(B)(i), is amended by adding
the following to the end of the subdivision:

The county election commission shall publish a notice of the location of the provisional counting
board in conjunction with the notice of election required by§ 2-12-111(c) and shall not change
the location except in the event of an emergency.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-9-110, is amended by adding the
following as new subsections:

          (d) The county election commission shall not tabulate any marked ballots submitted via
the internet.

(e) Voting machines are prohibited from being connected to the internet.

          SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-2-106(c)(2), is amended by adding the
following to the end of the subdivision:

The county election commission shall also follow this process if indications exist that the voter
may no longer reside at the address at which the voter is registered, such as the voter's failure
to vote, or otherwise update the voter's registration over a period of two (2) consecutive regular
November elections.

          SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-2-11 B(a), is amended by deleting the
subsection and substituting instead: ••

          (a) A person who registers to vote in the county election commission office shall present
evidence of identification or verification of residential address, as those terms are defined in §
2-7-112.

SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-2-111, is amended by adding the

following as a new subsection:                                             -•

     a (f) A registration form from person who registers to vote at a supplemental registration

who does not present evidence of identification or verification of residential address, as those

ter,:ns are defined in§ 2-7-112, must be processed in accordance wit~§ 2-2-115.
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          SECTION 7. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-2-124(a), is amended by adding the

following to the end of the subsection:
          The administrator of elections shall mail the voter registration card to any new voter who has
          not provided verification of residential address, as defined in § 2-7-112, or who registers at a
          supplemental registration held pursuant to§ 2-2-111.
          SECTION 8. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-2-132, is amended by deleting the

section and substituting instead:
                    The commission shall purge the permanent registration records of those persons

          whose registrations are required to be purged under § 2-2-106, unless otherwise prohibited
          by federal law.
          SECTION 9. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.

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         SENATE BILL NO. 626

PASSED:  Apri I 16, 2025

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                                 R"A AM:>Y McNALLY

                                 SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                          CAMERON~TON,SPEAKER
                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR