---
type: "Bill"
title: "Vital Records - As enacted, authorizes a medical examiner or attending or pronouncing physician in a hospital to file a death certificate; removes authority for a person acting as a funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body to file a death certificate; removes requirement for an attending physician or medical examiner to give notice for delay in completing medical certification for the cause of death to a person acting as a funeral director. - Amends TCA Title 68."
description: "Vital Records - As enacted, authorizes a medical examiner or attending or pronouncing physician in a hospital to file a death certificate; removes authority for a person acting as a funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body to file a death certificate; removes requirement for an attending physician or medical examiner to give notice for delay in completing medical certification for the cause of death to a person acting as a funeral director. - Amends TCA Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2048"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2048 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Vital Records"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Campbell S", "Jackson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 35
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9d498bb8-92e5-49eb-9b59-251c9b09174b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2048&GA=112"
source_hash: "d57e46a8e873ceeea18409980d1cc65a1e6f0b3cd7771c77a718e86fa5b69e2c"
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 2048 (112) — Vital Records - As enacted, authorizes a medical examiner or attending or pronouncing physician in a hospital to file a death certificate; removes authority for a person acting as a funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body to file a death certificate; removes requirement for an attending physician or medical examiner to give notice for delay in completing medical certification for the cause of death to a person acting as a funeral director. - Amends TCA Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0547** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0547.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0596** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0596.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2048.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/15/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Campbell S — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2022-02-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-02** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0547) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-10** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-14** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0596)
- **2022-03-14** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 685
- **2022-03-30** Effective date(s) 03/28/2022
- **2022-03-30** Pub. Ch. 685

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9d498bb8-92e5-49eb-9b59-251c9b09174b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).