HB 1921 Tennessee House · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)

Election Laws - As introduced, authorizes senators who have served for at least eight consecutive years and representatives who have served for at least 10 consecutive years to use signatures of registered voters outside of such senator's or representative's district for purposes of completing a nominating petition. - Amends TCA Title 2.

HB 1921 would change Tennessee election rules for state legislators. It allows senators with at least eight consecutive years in office and representatives with ten consecutive years to collect petition signatures from registered voters in the county where their district is located (not just within their specific district) to run for re-election. The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated Title 2 to permit this expanded signature collection method for qualifying members of the General Assembly. This directly affects long-serving state legislators seeking nomination through petitions. The change is limited to signature collection for nomination petitions and does not alter other election requirements.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2026 Last action Mar 17, 2026
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Total actions
10
Key actions
6
Committee
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Mar 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/17/2026
lower
Mar 3, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reset on Final cal. of Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
lower
Feb 25, 2026
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
lower
Feb 17, 2026
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee to Next Calendar
lower
Feb 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee for 2/17/2026
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee
lower
Feb 4, 2026
Committee
Assigned to s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee
lower
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors

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Larry Miller
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