---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes licensed funeral directors to sell pre-need funeral contracts and prearrangement insurance policies without registering with the commissioner of commerce and insurance; requires that continuing education completed virtually for renewal of embalmer and funeral director licenses involve continuous two-way transfer of information; defines unlicensed assistants for funeral establishment licensure laws. - Amends TCA Title 62."
description: "Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes licensed funeral directors to sell pre-need funeral contracts and prearrangement insurance policies without registering with the commissioner of commerce and insurance; requires that continuing education completed virtually for renewal of embalmer and funeral director licenses involve continuous two-way transfer of information; defines unlicensed assistants for funeral establishment licensure laws. - Amends TCA Title 62."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 2103"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2103 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Funeral Directors and Embalmers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Crowe"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2022-01-27"
last_action: "2022-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/89a8d37e-d766-4bb7-90ce-13250184a565"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2103&GA=112"
source_hash: "98015eb58d2f1f5e07fa61b7952844b2a7e092b1a597d6a62ecc5a0886521716"
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 HB 2103 (112) — Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes licensed funeral directors to sell pre-need funeral contracts and prearrangement insurance policies without registering with the commissioner of commerce and insurance; requires that continuing education completed virtually for renewal of embalmer and funeral director licenses involve continuous two-way transfer of information; defines unlicensed assistants for funeral establishment licensure laws. - Amends TCA Title 62.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0608** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0608.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0588** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0588.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2103.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2022 Passed (1) — **32–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2022 4/20/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/19/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/8/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/20/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/23/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2022 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-27** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-01** Action def. in Commerce Committee to 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-08** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-21** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-22** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2022
- **2022-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-24** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/28/2022
- **2022-03-28** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2022-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0588)
- **2022-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-30** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-30** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar #2 for 4/21/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0608) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-26** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-27** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-27** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-05-11** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1014
- **2022-05-11** Effective date(s) 05/09/2022
- **2022-05-11** Pub. Ch. 1014

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/89a8d37e-d766-4bb7-90ce-13250184a565`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).