republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1389.md

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Bill	Death - As enacted, authorizes the development and use of a commemorative certificate of nonviable birth. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.	Death - As enacted, authorizes the development and use of a commemorative certificate of nonviable birth. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 1389	Tennessee SB 1389 (111)	bill	Death	enacted	Bell Cochran	4	41	6	2019-02-05	2019-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/dfedb262-0b72-4d21-81a6-8696a7d49036	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1389&GA=111	d49441995e14af152fbe26c6bd4a1c4778ed60d997fd7e44ce1f35a0bc21a54c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1389 (111) — Death - As enacted, authorizes the development and use of a commemorative certificate of nonviable birth. - Amends TCA Title 63 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0185 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment HA0186 (committee substitute) — source
3. Amendment SA0108 (committee substitute) — source
4. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/13/2019 Passed — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/21/2019 Passed (1) — 29–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/26/2019 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — 83–5 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE PUBLIC HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 3/13/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Bell — primary (person)
• Cochran — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2019-02-07 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-07 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-11 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
• 2019-02-11 Assigned to s/c Public Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-02-20 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/27/2019
• 2019-02-20 Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
• 2019-02-27 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/6/2019
• 2019-02-27 Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/6/2019
• 2019-02-27 Action Def. in s/c Public Health Subcommittee to 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-06 Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-06 Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
• 2019-03-13 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-03-13 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/19/2019
• 2019-03-13 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2019-03-19 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/21/2019
• 2019-03-19 Action def. in Health Committee to 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-20 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/26/2019
• 2019-03-21 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0, PNV 4 passage
• 2019-03-21 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0108)
• 2019-03-22 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2019-03-25 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2019-03-26 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-03-27 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
• 2019-03-28 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
• 2019-04-01 Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 5, PNV 3 passage
• 2019-04-01 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0186) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-01 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0185) amendment-withdrawal
• 2019-04-01 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2019-04-01 Comp. SB subst.
• 2019-04-04 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2019-04-08 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-04-09 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-04-10 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2019-04-18 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-04-24 Pub. Ch. 156
• 2019-04-24 Effective date(s) 04/18/2019
• 2019-04-24 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 156

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dfedb262-0b72-4d21-81a6-8696a7d49036. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).