---
type: "Bill"
title: "Trusts - As enacted, revises provisions governing pre-need funeral contracts funded by trusts. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5, Part 4."
description: "Trusts - As enacted, revises provisions governing pre-need funeral contracts funded by trusts. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 602"
citation: "Tennessee SB 602 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Trusts"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks", "Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9fe11001-b337-4f1f-8c47-aa21d93ebeff"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0602&GA=111"
source_hash: "fce2d46975a2e83cf0468f82249c417690605b07a9017333fbca79b20e54be66"
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 602 (111) — Trusts - As enacted, revises provisions governing pre-need funeral contracts funded by trusts. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5, Part 4.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0258** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0258.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0315** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0315.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0602.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/9/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CHILDREN & FAMILIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary 3/26/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/17/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hicks — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Children & Families Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Children & Families Subcommittee of Judiciary
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Children & Families Subcommittee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Judiciary `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Judiciary for 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0258) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0315)
- **2019-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-18** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-25** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-02** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-09** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 247
- **2019-05-09** Pub. Ch. 247
- **2019-05-09** Effective date(s) 05/02/2019; 07/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9fe11001-b337-4f1f-8c47-aa21d93ebeff`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).