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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Veterans Services, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the \"Major Trevor Joseph Act,\" which requires the department to provide burial services for a person who died while on active duty with the armed forces and is being interred in a state veterans cemetery on a date requested by the family members of the person if the department is given notice of the burial at least 72 hours in advance of the burial. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6 and Title 58."
+description: "Veterans Services, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the \"Major Trevor Joseph Act,\" which requires the department to provide burial services for a person who died while on active duty with the armed forces and is being interred in a state veterans cemetery on a date requested by the family members of the person if the department is given notice of the burial at least 72 hours in advance of the burial. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6 and Title 58."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 793"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 793 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Dept. of", "Veterans Services"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Rose", "Vaughan"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 46
+vote_count: 8
+first_action: "2021-01-29"
+last_action: "2021-05-18"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/118df89f-afab-4334-a04c-7a1897068b62"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0793&GA=112"
+source_hash: "4d310b94ffdf45d90e95c23eb58e20582e705da591b52e13501d3891d4a80c60"
+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 793 (112) — Veterans Services, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Major Trevor Joseph Act," which requires the department to provide burial services for a person who died while on active duty with the armed forces and is being interred in a state veterans cemetery on a date requested by the family members of the person if the department is given notice of the burial at least 72 hours in advance of the burial. - Amends TCA Title 46, Chapter 6 and Title 58.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0793.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/24/2021 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/2/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021 4/26/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Rose — primary (person)
+- Vaughan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
+- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/2/2021
+- **2021-03-02** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/9/2021
+- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
+- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
+- **2021-03-17** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-23** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
+- **2021-03-23** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/24/2021
+- **2021-03-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2021-03-24** Placed behind the budget
+- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/29/2021
+- **2021-03-29** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2021-03-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-04-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2021-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
+- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
+- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
+- **2021-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
+- **2021-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2021-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2021-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
+- **2021-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2021-05-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/13/2021
+- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 445
+- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 445
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/118df89f-afab-4334-a04c-7a1897068b62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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