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.

HB 611 prohibits foreign organizations and U.S. groups funded by foreign entities from donating to political candidates or campaign committees. It also bans Tennessee’s Senate and House speakers, and the Secretary of State, from accepting such foreign funding for election administration. The bill directly affects election officials, campaigns, and organizations seeking to influence elections through financial contributions. Key provisions ban all contributions - including advertising, campaign staff costs, or training - and require officials to reject foreign-funded election support. These changes aim to restrict foreign influence in Tennessee’s electoral process, as defined in the bill’s amendments to state election laws.