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type: "Bill"
title: "Autopsies - As enacted, clarifies that the reports of county medical examiners and autopsy reports of minors whose manner of death is listed as a homicide are generally not public documents; authorizes such reports to be released or inspected if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
description: "Autopsies - As enacted, clarifies that the reports of county medical examiners and autopsy reports of minors whose manner of death is listed as a homicide are generally not public documents; authorizes such reports to be released or inspected if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 1695"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1695 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Autopsies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander"]
version_count: 9
action_count: 39
vote_count: 13
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95b0a6e0-015c-4635-b767-77a164d991e6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1695&GA=113"
source_hash: "590836b437a2ebcddf83cccf4a4147cfb036b2a985a220c1a25dd0da600ee51d"
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 1695 (113) — Autopsies - As enacted, clarifies that the reports of county medical examiners and autopsy reports of minors whose manner of death is listed as a homicide are generally not public documents; authorizes such reports to be released or inspected if certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0542** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0542.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0605** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0605.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0614** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0614.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0615** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0615.pdf)
5. **Amendment HA0616** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0616.pdf)
6. **Amendment HA0617** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0617.pdf)
7. **Amendment HA0995** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0995.pdf)
8. **Amendment SA0900** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0900.pdf)
9. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB1695.pdf)
## Votes
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (2) — **7223** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee 2/14/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2024 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed — **7223** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed (1) — **884** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/6/2024 — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/18/2024 Passed (1) — **283** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/4/2024 Passed — **884** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 7 BY ALEXANDER PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2024 Passed — **860** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/11/2024 Passed — **861** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Alexander — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-01-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-01-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-01-10** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-10** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee - Government Operations for Review `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-24** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 1/30/2024
- **2024-01-30** Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 2/6/2024
- **2024-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-01-31** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
- **2024-02-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/14/2024
- **2024-02-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 2/26/2024
- **2024-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024
- **2024-03-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 4, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0542) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-08** Requested S. to return.
- **2024-04-10** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/11/2024
- **2024-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-11** Passed H., as am., Ayes 86, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-11** H. adopted am. (Amendment 7 - HA0995) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-11** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2024-04-11** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2024-04-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0900)
- **2024-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 906
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95b0a6e0-015c-4635-b767-77a164d991e6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).