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Bill Death - As enacted, clarifies that the ability of a next of kin to seek reconsideration of a medical examiner's manner of death determination applies only when the manner of death is determined to be suicide; specifies that unrelated parties have no liability for relying on the original death certificate, without regard to subsequent revision made pursuant to a request for reconsideration of the cause of death. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3. Death - As enacted, clarifies that the ability of a next of kin to seek reconsideration of a medical examiner's manner of death determination applies only when the manner of death is determined to be suicide; specifies that unrelated parties have no liability for relying on the original death certificate, without regard to subsequent revision made pursuant to a request for reconsideration of the cause of death. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 110 HB 2560 Tennessee HB 2560 (110)
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Tennessee HB 2560 (110) — Death - As enacted, clarifies that the ability of a next of kin to seek reconsideration of a medical examiner's manner of death determination applies only when the manner of death is determined to be suicide; specifies that unrelated parties have no liability for relying on the original death certificate, without regard to subsequent revision made pursuant to a request for reconsideration of the cause of death. - 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

Votes

  • HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2018 (2) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/14/2018 (3) — 00 (pass) · lower
  • CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018 3/15/2018 (1) — 00 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

  • Butt — primary (person)
  • Johnson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2018-01-23 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-01-24 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2018-01-25 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
  • 2018-02-01 Intro. introduction
  • 2018-02-01 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
  • 2018-02-05 P1C.
  • 2018-02-07 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
  • 2018-02-07 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
  • 2018-02-07 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
  • 2018-02-14 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/20/2018
  • 2018-02-14 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-02-14 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
  • 2018-02-20 Action def. in Health Committee to 2/27/2018
  • 2018-02-20 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-02-21 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/27/2018
  • 2018-02-21 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2018-02-23 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/26/2018
  • 2018-02-26 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
  • 2018-02-27 Action def. in Health Committee to 3/6/2018
  • 2018-02-27 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  • 2018-02-28 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/6/2018
  • 2018-03-01 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2018-03-06 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
  • 2018-03-14 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
  • 2018-03-15 Sponsor(s) Added.
  • 2018-03-15 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
  • 2018-03-19 Comp. SB subst.
  • 2018-03-19 Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2018-03-19 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0766) amendment-passage
  • 2018-03-19 Subst. for comp. HB.
  • 2018-03-23 Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/26/2018
  • 2018-03-26 Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0766) passage
  • 2018-03-27 Enrolled and ready for signatures
  • 2018-03-28 Signed by Senate Speaker
  • 2018-03-29 Signed by H. Speaker
  • 2018-04-02 Transmitted to Governor for action.
  • 2018-04-12 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2018-04-23 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 714
  • 2018-04-23 Pub. Ch. 714
  • 2018-04-23 Effective date(s) 04/12/2018

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7675ccee-bf9f-408f-a05b-9bcb125f2686. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).