---
type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes a funeral director applicant who was not previously licensed in this state to substitute one year of apprenticeship with an associate degree from a college accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education or completion of a program of study in funeral service education. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5."
description: "Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes a funeral director applicant who was not previously licensed in this state to substitute one year of apprenticeship with an associate degree from a college accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education or completion of a program of study in funeral service education. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 860"
citation: "Tennessee HB 860 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Funeral Directors and Embalmers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 25
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-28"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5e093d57-4067-4dde-8b53-618669d8d7c9"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0860&ga=114"
source_hash: "663cee444e73b2557d866c1610fc21e5023883c2e22031d0829ea8126e2dc370"
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 860 (114) — Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, authorizes a funeral director applicant who was not previously licensed in this state to substitute one year of apprenticeship with an associate degree from a college accredited by the American Board of Funeral Service Education or completion of a program of study in funeral service education. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0131** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0131.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0181** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0181.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0860.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025 3/20/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/27/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **94–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 3/12/2025 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/19/2025 Passed (3) — **21–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-02-06** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-10** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025
- **2025-03-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0131) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-03-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0181)
- **2025-03-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-03-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-28** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-28** Pub. Ch. 198

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5e093d57-4067-4dde-8b53-618669d8d7c9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).