---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cemeteries - As enacted, requires proponent of a suit terminating land use as a cemetery to file notice with the historical commission prior to any hearing on the suit; requires the historical commission to establish a historic cemetery advisory committee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11; Title 46, Chapter 4 and Title 46, Chapter 8."
description: "Cemeteries - As enacted, requires proponent of a suit terminating land use as a cemetery to file notice with the historical commission prior to any hearing on the suit; requires the historical commission to establish a historic cemetery advisory committee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11; Title 46, Chapter 4 and Title 46, Chapter 8."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2519"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2519 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "McDaniel"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 53
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-16"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a95a3f1c-8515-4b51-a3e5-ec6cfaa7d6c2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2519&GA=110"
source_hash: "62c290f146f85c8d5046ecbc772155e1a61408c82c605188786c83a2e707d322"
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 2519 (110) — Cemeteries - As enacted, requires proponent of a suit terminating land use as a cemetery to file notice with the historical commission prior to any hearing on the suit; requires the historical commission to establish a historic cemetery advisory committee. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 11; Title 46, Chapter 4 and Title 46, Chapter 8.

## 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/SB2519.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/21/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/23/2018 Passed (1) — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- McDaniel — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-16** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-13** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-21** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0914)
- **2018-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0882) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-27** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1032
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1032
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a95a3f1c-8515-4b51-a3e5-ec6cfaa7d6c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).