republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-620.md

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Bill	Death - As enacted, revises provisions governing the process to be followed when the next of kin disagrees with a finding that the suspected or determined manner of death was suicide. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68.	Death - As enacted, revises provisions governing the process to be followed when the next of kin disagrees with a finding that the suspected or determined manner of death was suicide. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	111	SB 620	Tennessee SB 620 (111)	bill	Death	enacted	Hensley Van Huss	3	37	6	2019-02-05	2019-05-15	openstates	ocd-bill/2c07a7ff-f459-4c6e-8bd4-76486989eddf	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0620&GA=111	a6c3239e8e43c27e2341b84abe4b361e9af1a1bdb979a15dbd42a77c468348cc	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 620 (111) — Death - As enacted, revises provisions governing the process to be followed when the next of kin disagrees with a finding that the suspected or determined manner of death was suicide. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0389 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0336 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/16/2019 — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/24/2019 Passed (1) — 31–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/18/2019 Passed (1) — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE PUBLIC HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/9/2019 — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/16/2019 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Hensley — primary (person)
• Van Huss — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2019-02-05 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-06 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-02-06 Intro. introduction
• 2019-02-06 Filed for introduction reading-1, introduction
• 2019-02-07 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2019-02-07 P1C.
• 2019-02-11 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2019-02-13 Assigned to s/c Public Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2019-03-20 Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
• 2019-03-27 Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
• 2019-03-27 Action Def. in s/c Public Health Subcommittee to 4/3/2019
• 2019-04-03 Placed on s/c cal Public Health Subcommittee for 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-03 Action Def. in s/c Public Health Subcommittee to 4/10/2019
• 2019-04-09 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2019-04-10 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-10 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/16/2019
• 2019-04-16 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2019-04-16 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2019
• 2019-04-16 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2019-04-17 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/18/2019
• 2019-04-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2019-04-18 Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2019-04-18 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0389) amendment-passage
• 2019-04-22 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/24/2019
• 2019-04-22 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2019-04-24 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2019-04-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 passage
• 2019-04-24 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0336)
• 2019-04-24 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2019-04-25 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2019-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2019-05-01 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2019-05-02 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2019-05-10 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2019-05-15 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 343
• 2019-05-15 Pub. Ch. 343
• 2019-05-15 Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2c07a7ff-f459-4c6e-8bd4-76486989eddf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).