---
type: "Bill"
title: "Abortion - As enacted, requires that disposition of remains from a surgical abortion performed at an abortion facility be by burial or cremation; requires the department of health to promulgate certain rules and forms; and makes certain other changes regarding the disposition of fetal remains. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 10; Title 39; Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68."
description: "Abortion - As enacted, requires that disposition of remains from a surgical abortion performed at an abortion facility be by burial or cremation; requires the department of health to promulgate certain rules and forms; and makes certain other changes regarding the disposition of fetal remains. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 10; Title 39; Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 828"
citation: "Tennessee SB 828 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Abortion"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Rudd"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fd62505d-9acc-403b-8196-d6c0e18b1586"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0828&GA=112"
source_hash: "c27f82c51eb22c5d62bac9c13029872527f8a839853ed0b905ffa581e992e5ef"
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 828 (112) — Abortion - As enacted, requires that disposition of remains from a surgical abortion performed at an abortion facility be by burial or cremation; requires the department of health to promulgate certain rules and forms; and makes certain other changes regarding the disposition of fetal remains. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 10; Title 39; Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0280** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0280.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0283** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0283.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0259** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0259.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0828.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/30/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed — **70–23** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed — **69–22** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/12/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 4/7/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Rudd — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-24** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Health Subcommittee of Health Committee
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2021
- **2021-04-07** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 69, Nays 22, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0283) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0280) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0259)
- **2021-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-21** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 348
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/06/2021; 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 348

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fd62505d-9acc-403b-8196-d6c0e18b1586`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).