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Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 457: Election Laws - As enacted, revises present law relative to voting and county election commissions, such as requiring the commission to publish a notice of the location of the provisional counting board, prohibiting the commission from tabulating any marked ballots submitted via the internet, prohibiting voting machines from being connected to the internet, and making other changes. - Amends TCA Title 2.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 457 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 28, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Election Laws - As enacted, revises present law relative to voting and county election commissions, such as requiring the commission to publish a notice of the location of the provisional counting board, prohibiting the commission from tabulating any marked ballots submitted via the internet, prohibiting voting machines from being connected to the internet, and making other changes. - Amends TCA Title 2. Primary sponsor: Tim Rudd (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 371.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Tim RuddPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse34

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 371
  2. Comp. SB subst.
  3. Sponsor(s) Added.
  4. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2025
  5. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025
  6. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
  7. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025
  8. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025
  9. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
  10. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
  11. Ref. to State & Local Government Committee
  12. Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee

Showing 12 most recent of 18 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source