republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2048.md

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Bill	Vital Records - As enacted, authorizes a medical examiner or attending or pronouncing physician in a hospital to file a death certificate; removes authority for a person acting as a funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body to file a death certificate; removes requirement for an attending physician or medical examiner to give notice for delay in completing medical certification for the cause of death to a person acting as a funeral director. - Amends TCA Title 68.	Vital Records - As enacted, authorizes a medical examiner or attending or pronouncing physician in a hospital to file a death certificate; removes authority for a person acting as a funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body to file a death certificate; removes requirement for an attending physician or medical examiner to give notice for delay in completing medical certification for the cause of death to a person acting as a funeral director. - Amends TCA Title 68.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 2048	Tennessee SB 2048 (112)	bill	Vital Records	enacted	Campbell S Jackson	3	35	6	2022-01-27	2022-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/9d498bb8-92e5-49eb-9b59-251c9b09174b	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2048&GA=112	d57e46a8e873ceeea18409980d1cc65a1e6f0b3cd7771c77a718e86fa5b69e2c	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 2048 (112) — Vital Records - As enacted, authorizes a medical examiner or attending or pronouncing physician in a hospital to file a death certificate; removes authority for a person acting as a funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body to file a death certificate; removes requirement for an attending physician or medical examiner to give notice for delay in completing medical certification for the cause of death to a person acting as a funeral director. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0547 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0596 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee 2/15/2022 (3) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — 32–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/8/2022 Passed — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — 93–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/23/2022 — 0–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Campbell S — primary (person)
• Jackson — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2022-01-27 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-27 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2022-01-31 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-01-31 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2022-02-02 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
• 2022-02-02 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
• 2022-02-02 Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2022-02-02 P2C, ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-08 Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/15/2022
• 2022-02-09 Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
• 2022-02-15 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee referral-committee
• 2022-02-16 Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/23/2022
• 2022-02-23 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2022-03-02 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
• 2022-03-02 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
• 2022-03-03 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
• 2022-03-07 Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2022-03-07 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2022-03-07 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0547) amendment-passage
• 2022-03-08 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2022-03-08 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2022-03-10 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/14/2022
• 2022-03-10 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2022-03-14 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2022-03-14 Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 passage
• 2022-03-14 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0596)
• 2022-03-14 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2022-03-16 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2022-03-16 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2022-03-16 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2022-03-17 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2022-03-28 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2022-03-30 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 685
• 2022-03-30 Effective date(s) 03/28/2022
• 2022-03-30 Pub. Ch. 685

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/9d498bb8-92e5-49eb-9b59-251c9b09174b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).