Legislative Updates

This legislative session, ThinkTennessee monitored nearly 90 bills related to strengthening democracy and supporting working families. Our 112th Legislative Session Summary highlights a few of [...]

Tennessee’s 2022 legislative session is well under way, and we’re keeping a close eye on the proposed bills involving our state’s election process. What voting and election legislation have we [...]

Tennessee’s 2021-2022 redistricting process is nearing its end. Legislative bills containing new congressional and state Senate and House districts have passed both chambers and await the [...]

Tennessee’s redistricting process officially kicked off this fall. Both the House and the Senate formed redistricting committees, and each has now held its first meeting. This summer, [...]

The General Assembly likely has heard all the election bills they plan to hear this session. Although some proposed legislation still awaits a final vote, at this point in the legislative cycle [...]

Last November’s election saw record-breaking voter turnout in Tennessee, with more than three million Tennesseans casting a ballot despite the global health crisis. Tennessee voters sent our [...]

June 3, 2020 Representatives in the House rejected an amendment to temporarily expand absentee voting after brief floor debate.   Representative Lamar (D-Memphis) introduced an amendment to a [...]

June 2, 2020 The Senate State and Local Government Committee discussed two election bills during what was likely their last hearing of the year. It voted down a bill to expand absentee voting [...]