republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1285.md

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Bill	Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, specifies that photographic evidence of a fatal motor vehicle accident depicting a deceased minor victim at the scene of the accident is confidential and not open for inspection by members of the public; provides that custodial parent or legal guardian of such deceased minor victim may waive confidentiality and allow the minor victim's photograph to be used and obtained in the same manner as other public records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.	Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, specifies that photographic evidence of a fatal motor vehicle accident depicting a deceased minor victim at the scene of the accident is confidential and not open for inspection by members of the public; provides that custodial parent or legal guardian of such deceased minor victim may waive confidentiality and allow the minor victim's photograph to be used and obtained in the same manner as other public records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 1285	Tennessee SB 1285 (112)	bill	Confidentiality Privacy	enacted	Terry White	3	36	6	2021-02-11	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/e855c735-5b1e-44a8-a6bc-6d84db3ec8b2	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1285&GA=112	21afeac47257d3e13125920b8ae7978ecf3afdee80f71cb4c5cc7a7363b15e8b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1285 (112) — Privacy, Confidentiality - As enacted, specifies that photographic evidence of a fatal motor vehicle accident depicting a deceased minor victim at the scene of the accident is confidential and not open for inspection by members of the public; provides that custodial parent or legal guardian of such deceased minor victim may waive confidentiality and allow the minor victim's photograph to be used and obtained in the same manner as other public records. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 37; Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0267 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0115 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/31/2021 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — 92–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/5/2021 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/23/2021 Passed (2) — 7–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Terry — primary (person)
• White — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-02-11 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-11 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2021-02-22 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2021-02-22 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2021-02-24 Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-02-24 P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-03-04 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-03-09 Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
• 2021-03-09 Sponsor change.
• 2021-03-17 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/23/2021
• 2021-03-23 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/7/2021
• 2021-03-31 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee referral-committee
• 2021-04-01 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/5/2021
• 2021-04-05 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
• 2021-04-05 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-04-05 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0115)
• 2021-04-07 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-08 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
• 2021-04-14 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
• 2021-04-15 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
• 2021-04-21 Enrolled and ready for signatures
• 2021-04-21 Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-21 Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0267) amendment-withdrawal
• 2021-04-21 Subst. for comp. HB.
• 2021-04-21 Comp. SB subst.
• 2021-04-21 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-22 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-04-22 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-26 Transmitted to Governor for action.
• 2021-05-04 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 304
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 304

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/e855c735-5b1e-44a8-a6bc-6d84db3ec8b2. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).