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type: "Bill"
title: "Children - As enacted, requires the department of children's services, county medical examiners, chief medical examiners, and facilities that perform autopsies to establish policies and procedures for the prioritization of the completion of final autopsy reports for fatalities of certain children. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
description: "Children - As enacted, requires the department of children's services, county medical examiners, chief medical examiners, and facilities that perform autopsies to establish policies and procedures for the prioritization of the completion of final autopsy reports for fatalities of certain children. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2929"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2929 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Children"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2024-02-01"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0bb40c2-c855-4b4c-8ac2-d73b0c1dd750"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2929&GA=113"
source_hash: "91c713d5abaada5898119ad35f7d29c9ead69f2d599a8342f74d9c57dc86e4fe"
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 SB 2929 (113) — Children - As enacted, requires the department of children's services, county medical examiners, chief medical examiners, and facilities that perform autopsies to establish policies and procedures for the prioritization of the completion of final autopsy reports for fatalities of certain children. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0883** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0883.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0848** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0848.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2929.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **898** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2024 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Powers — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2024-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `passage`
- **2024-03-20** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2024-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2024
- **2024-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-09** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0848)
- **2024-04-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 8, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0883) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2024-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 07/01/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 881
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0bb40c2-c855-4b4c-8ac2-d73b0c1dd750`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).