Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB0659 Compare Versions

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1313 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2,
1414 Chapter 7, relative to polling places.
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1616 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
1717 SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 2-7-111, is amended by adding the
1818 following as a new subsection:
1919 (e) A county election commission may designate restroom facilities in a building
2020 in which the election is to be held that are for the use of workers or volunteers working
2121 for a campaign. Workers and volunteers of a campaign working outside of a polling
2222 place may use restroom facilities in the building in which the election is held that have
2323 been designated for use by workers or volunteers working for a campaign, but shall not
2424 enter the polling place. A worker or volunteer of a campaign shall cover or remove
2525 clothing or accoutrements bearing campaign material before entering the boundary
2626 designated under subsection (a). A worker or volunteer of a campaign who enters the
2727 boundary without covering or removing campaign material, or who attempts to solicit
2828 votes within the boundary, may be subject to punishment under ยง 2-19-119.
2929 SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.