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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 690
SENATE BILL NO. 1619
By Briggs, Taylor
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1669
By Rudd, Crawford, Reedy, Cepicky
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 2-12-109, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection (e):
(e) In years in which the general assembly has appropriated funds for the purpose of
providing reimbursements to county election commissions for primary elections,
reimbursements are processed in the same manner as expenses for the presidential
preference primary in subsection (d).
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-11-114(a), is amended by deleting
"unless such acceptance or expenditure is approved by the speaker of the senate and the speaker
of the house of representatives".
SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-12-11 S(a), is amended by deleting
"unless such acceptance or expenditure is approved by the secretary of state or designee of the
secretary of state".
SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-2-126(a), is amended by deleting
"alphabetically" and substituting the following "alphabetically or by date".
SECTION 5. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-2-125, is amended by deleting
subsection (a) and substituting the following:
(a) If the administrator of elections determines that the registrant is not entitled to be
registered, the administrator shall tell the registrant the reason, record the reason, and file
the rejected registration.
SECTION 6. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-2-134, is amended by deleting the
section and substituting the following:
(a) When a voter registration is required to be purged, the administrator shall place
the permanent registration records of the voter in a file of purged registration records, which
is a public record. The county election commission shall retain the file of purged registration
records for two (2) years from the date of the purge, after which time the county election
commission may destroy the purged registration records.
(b) The administrator shall record the reason for the purge in the voter registration
system and shall maintain any associated reports or other records supporting the purge until
the purged registration record is destroyed.
(c) Upon purging a registration record, the administrator shall determine whether the
voter has .an outstanding or uncounted absentee ballot. If the voter has an outstanding or
uncounted ballot, it must be marked "Rejected," except as otherwise provided by § 2-6-306.
SECTION 7. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1619
PASSED: April 2, 2026
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l - RANDY McNA~Y
SPEAKER OF THE SEN-:E
CAMERO~TON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APPROVED this UQtO. day of /\pr:I 2026
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