Election Laws - As introduced, reduces the period for early voting from 15 days to seven days. - Amends TCA Title 2.
SB 2583 reduces Tennessee's standard early voting period from 15 days to seven days for most elections, requiring voters to cast ballots between five and seven days before election day. It directly affects all Tennessee voters participating in regular elections who use early voting, shortening the window to access ballots at county election offices. The bill also maintains a 14-day early voting period specifically for presidential preference primaries, as noted in Section 2. This change modifies existing voting procedures without altering voter eligibility or ballot types.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Last action Feb 5, 2026
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Total actions
3
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0
Committee
1
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rusty Crowe
RRepublican
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