---
type: "Bill"
title: "Coroners - As enacted, removes the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council from its wind down period so it will not terminate on June 30, 2017; extends council to June 30, 2019; renames and restructures the council. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 2."
description: "Coroners - As enacted, removes the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council from its wind down period so it will not terminate on June 30, 2017; extends council to June 30, 2019; renames and restructures the council. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1016"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1016 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Coroners"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Love"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 64
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/957964cd-b2f5-40ce-9ce5-497b1ff5b354"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1016&GA=110"
source_hash: "ab22a0cb53a76aba54a5e05fe5bf2dbee07a360d3287113b1d7363ccffe4968c"
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 1016 (110) — Coroners - As enacted, removes the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council from its wind down period so it will not terminate on June 30, 2017; extends council to June 30, 2019; renames and restructures the council. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29, Part 2 and Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 2.

## 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/SB1016.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/10/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/24/2017 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/10/2017 Passed (1) — **85–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (2) — **88–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/22/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Love — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Government Operations Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Government Operations Committee calendar for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Action deferred in Senate Government Operations Committee to 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-23** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action def. in Government Operations Committee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-10** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-19** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0365)
- **2017-04-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0158)
- **2017-04-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/10/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0397) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-10** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Am. 1 reconsidered, withdrawn.
- **2017-05-10** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2017-05-10** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2017-05-10** Senate refused to concur in amendment, (Amendment 1 - HA0397) `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Pub. Ch. 444
- **2017-05-30** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017
- **2017-05-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 444

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/957964cd-b2f5-40ce-9ce5-497b1ff5b354`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).