HB 855 Election Laws - As enacted, generally requires statewide political parties to nominate their candidates in primary elections for all offices for which partisan elections are held at the regular August or regular November election; authorizes, in a county in which a statewide political party nominated a candidate by a method other than a primary election in 2022 or 2024, the statewide political party in such county to continue to use such method with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 2.
Latest: Mar 25, 2025 · Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259
What it means
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How they voted
3 committee, procedural and amendment votes
House: HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025
0 yes · 0 no
Apr 14, 2025 · Result: fail
House: HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025 4/10/2025
0 yes · 0 no
Member-by-member votes are not loaded for this roll call yet. The tally above is from the official record.
Party shown is each member's current party in our records. Official vote record
House: HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2025 Passed
21 yes · 2 no
Apr 8, 2025 · Result: pass
House: HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/8/2025 Passed
21 yes · 2 no
| Party | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 6 | – |
| Republican | 15 | 2 |
How each member voted (23)
Party shown is each member's current party in our records. Official vote record
House: HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/25/2025 Passed
5 yes · 2 no
Mar 25, 2025 · Result: pass
House: HOUSE ELECTIONS & CAMPAIGN FINANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/25/2025 Passed
5 yes · 2 no
| Party | Yes | No |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | – | 1 |
| Republican | 5 | 1 |
How each member voted (7)
Party shown is each member's current party in our records. Official vote record
Where it stands
Feb 5, 2025 · House
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
Feb 6, 2025 · House
Sent to committee
P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
Feb 10, 2025 · House
Sent to committee
Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
Mar 25, 2025 · House
Sent to committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
Full official history (20 actions)
- Feb 4, 2025HouseFiled for introduction
- Feb 5, 2025HouseIntro., P1C.
- Feb 6, 2025HouseP2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
- Feb 10, 2025HouseAssigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
- Mar 10, 2025HouseSponsor change.
- Mar 19, 2025HousePlaced on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/25/2025
- Mar 24, 2025HouseSponsor(s) Added.
- Mar 25, 2025HouseRec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee
- Mar 26, 2025HousePlaced on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
- Mar 31, 2025HouseSponsor(s) Added.
- Apr 1, 2025HouseSponsor(s) Added.
- Apr 2, 2025HouseAction def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025
- Apr 2, 2025HousePlaced on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025
- Apr 3, 2025HouseSponsor(s) Added.
- Apr 8, 2025HouseRec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
- Apr 9, 2025HousePlaced on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025
- Apr 10, 2025HouseH. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
- Apr 14, 2025HouseComp. SB subst.
- Apr 14, 2025HouseSponsor(s) Added.
- Apr 29, 2025Comp. became Pub. Ch. 259
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