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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Death - As enacted, creates a process for requesting a reconsideration of cause of death determination on a death certificate; encourages county medical examiners who suspect that suicide is potential manner of death to consult the decedent's treating mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 3."
+description: "Death - As enacted, creates a process for requesting a reconsideration of cause of death determination on a death certificate; encourages county medical examiners who suspect that suicide is potential manner of death to consult the decedent's treating mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 3."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "110"
+identifier: "SB 893"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 893 (110)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Death"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Casada", "Johnson"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2017-02-09"
+last_action: "2017-06-14"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1b771c3-3206-42b4-b0be-79a2aec7b02c"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0893&GA=110"
+source_hash: "4873ffb832533f5e7e6640d1f6ce588d1b8b7201ff0468754bdcae481dd1c558"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 893 (110) — Death - As enacted, creates a process for requesting a reconsideration of cause of death determination on a death certificate; encourages county medical examiners who suspect that suicide is potential manner of death to consult the decedent's treating mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 3.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0893.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 3 4/18/2017 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Casada — primary (person)
+- Johnson — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
+- **2017-02-13** P1C.
+- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
+- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017
+- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-28** Action def. in Health Committee to 4/4/2017
+- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/4/2017
+- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
+- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
+- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2017
+- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 3
+- **2017-04-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
+- **2017-04-19** Reset on cal. for 4/24/2017
+- **2017-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
+- **2017-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0296) `amendment-passage`
+- **2017-04-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2017-04-26** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2017-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2017-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2017-04-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0474)
+- **2017-04-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2017-04-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2017-06-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2017-06-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2017-06-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2017-06-14** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 493
+- **2017-06-14** Pub. Ch. 493
+- **2017-06-14** Effective date(s) 06/13/2017
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1b771c3-3206-42b4-b0be-79a2aec7b02c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+