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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).
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