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

HB 611: Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities from making contributions to a candidate or a political campaign committee; prohibits the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives and the secretary of state from accepting funds from foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities for conducting elections. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3.

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 611 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Campaigns and Campaign Finance - As introduced, prohibits foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities from making contributions to a candidate or a political campaign committee; prohibits the speakers of the senate and the house of representatives and the secretary of state from accepting funds from foreign entities and domestic entities that receive funding from foreign entities for conducting elections. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 3. Primary sponsor: Tim Rudd (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 2, 2025): Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee.

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. Taken off notice for cal. in State & Local Government Committee
  2. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
  3. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
  4. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025
  5. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025
  6. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025
  7. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
  8. Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
  9. P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
  10. Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
  11. Intro., P1C.
  12. Filed for introduction

Sources

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