---
type: "Bill"
title: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, adds the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate as permanent ex officio voting members of the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 2."
description: "Boards and Commissions - As enacted, adds the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate as permanent ex officio voting members of the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 272"
citation: "Tennessee SB 272 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Boards and Commissions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "Hakeem"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 43
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2019-01-29"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f2d39cdf-0e4e-4032-b3c9-f47dabca3960"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0272&GA=111"
source_hash: "b38224afadd3718e7fac18ed4eddfb99feab75128bfd656055a6f8c68d547d05"
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 272 (111) — Boards and Commissions - As enacted, adds the speaker of the house of representatives and the speaker of the senate as permanent ex officio voting members of the Tennessee medical examiner advisory council. - Amends TCA 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/111/Bill/SB0272.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FACILITIES, LICENSURE, & REGULATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/12/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/16/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/27/2019 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (1) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee 4/2/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- Hakeem — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2019-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-04** P2C, ref. to Health Committee-- Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Assigned to s/c Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-20** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Facilities, Licensure, & Regulations Subcommittee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-07** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-19** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action def. in Health Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-16** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-16** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-30** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-05-01** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 353
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 353

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f2d39cdf-0e4e-4032-b3c9-f47dabca3960`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).