Amends TCA Title 2.

ON FEBRUARY 28, 2022, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2616, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to require that a person meet the residency requirements for state senators and representatives contained in the Tennessee constitution in order to qualify as a candidate in a primary election for congress. ON MARCH 14, 2022, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 2616 FOR HOUSE BILL 2764, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2616, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to provide the following: (1) A person is not eligible to qualify as a candidate for United States senator unless the person has been a resident of this state at least three years prior to the date of the election in which the person seeks to qualify as a candidate; (2) A person is not eligible to qualify as a candidate for member of the United States house of representatives unless the person has been a resident of this state and the district the person seeks to represent for at least three years prior to the date of the election in which the person seeks to qualify as a candidate; and (3) The provisions of (1) and (2) do not apply to incumbent members of the United States senate or house of representatives who are elected before the effective date of this bill. ON MARCH 21, 2022, THE SENATE NONCONCURRED IN HOUSE AMENDMENT #1. ON MARCH 28, 2022, THE HOUSE LIFTED THE TABLING MOTION, RECONSIDERED ITS ACTION IN ADOPTING AMENDMENT #1, WITHDREW AMENDMENT #1, AND RE-PASSED SENATE BILL 2616.