--- type: "Bill" title: "Coroners - As enacted, requires attending physician, chief medical officer, or medical examiner signing the medical certification of the cause of death of a military veteran to, prior to signing, review medical records, including records from the U.S. department of veterans affairs, if the deceased person is known to be a military veteran and if the physician, chief medical officer, or medical examiner is provided access to the records in order to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or major contributory cause of death. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 5." description: "Coroners - As enacted, requires attending physician, chief medical officer, or medical examiner signing the medical certification of the cause of death of a military veteran to, prior to signing, review medical records, including records from the U.S. department of veterans affairs, if the deceased person is known to be a military veteran and if the physician, chief medical officer, or medical examiner is provided access to the records in order to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or major contributory cause of death. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 5." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "112" identifier: "HB 2220" citation: "Tennessee HB 2220 (112)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Coroners"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Campbell", "Hodges"] version_count: 3 action_count: 44 vote_count: 6 first_action: "2022-01-31" last_action: "2022-04-26" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1255a161-73fc-4638-aa97-871a9b2681dd" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2220&GA=112" source_hash: "da738c9e698d1234f659c3e8bcc77244a831724945e28562dbb91c27c41fc7f6" 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 2220 (112) — Coroners - As enacted, requires attending physician, chief medical officer, or medical examiner signing the medical certification of the cause of death of a military veteran to, prior to signing, review medical records, including records from the U.S. department of veterans affairs, if the deceased person is known to be a military veteran and if the physician, chief medical officer, or medical examiner is provided access to the records in order to determine if a service-connected disability was the principal or major contributory cause of death. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7, Part 1 and Title 68, Chapter 3, Part 5. ## Version chain The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment. 1. **Amendment HA0858** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0858.pdf) 2. **Amendment SA0745** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0745.pdf) 3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB2220.pdf) ## Votes - HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/22/2022 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2022 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower - HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 3/31/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower - HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/30/2022 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower - FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/30/2022 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper - SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/23/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Campbell — primary (person) - Hodges — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee` - **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee - **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/8/2022 - **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/9/2022 - **2022-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/15/2022 - **2022-03-09** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/15/2022 - **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Health & Welfare Committee to next calendar - **2022-03-15** Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 3/22/2022 - **2022-03-16** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2022 - **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/23/2022 - **2022-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee` - **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/30/2022 - **2022-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2022-03-23** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 - **2022-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/30/2022 - **2022-03-30** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/31/2022 - **2022-03-30** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2022-03-30** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2022-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House - **2022-03-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage` - **2022-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0745) - **2022-03-31** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2022-03-31** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2022 - **2022-03-31** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. - **2022-04-04** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2022-04-07** Comp. SB subst. - **2022-04-07** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2022-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage` - **2022-04-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0858) `amendment-withdrawal` - **2022-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB. - **2022-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures - **2022-04-11** Signed by H. Speaker - **2022-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2022-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action. - **2022-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2022-04-26** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 902 - **2022-04-26** Effective date(s) 04/19/2022 - **2022-04-26** Pub. Ch. 902 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1255a161-73fc-4638-aa97-871a9b2681dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).