---
type: "Bill"
title: "Public Health - As enacted, enacts the \"Suicide Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2018.\" - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3."
description: "Public Health - As enacted, enacts the \"Suicide Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2018.\" - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1949"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1949 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Public Health"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Ramsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 60
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ec9c16ee-86ae-4fad-8ecb-0a3151e4ee7a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1949&GA=110"
source_hash: "f3683cba7152ccbacf3a97e1895e700865f537b3e81bf6c90d038a72e38e43ec"
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 1949 (110) — Public Health - As enacted, enacts the "Suicide Mortality Review and Prevention Act of 2018." - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3.

## 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/SB1949.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/21/2018 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/24/2018 PASSED (1) — **83–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/17/2018 PASSED — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/27/2018 Passed (1) — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- Ramsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-26** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2018-02-26** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **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`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-16** Senate Reset on calendar 4/17/18
- **2018-04-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-17** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0924)
- **2018-04-17** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0618)
- **2018-04-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **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`
- **2018-04-24** Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0852) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-24** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-24** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1005
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 01/01/2019
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1005

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ec9c16ee-86ae-4fad-8ecb-0a3151e4ee7a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).