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| Bill | Vital Records - As enacted, enacts "April's Law of 2026," which authorizes a surviving parent, in addition to another next of kin, to formally disagree with the county medical examiner's determination that the manner of death for the parent's child was suicide and request reconsideration from the state chief medical examiner; allows the other parent of a child of the decedent to request a copy of the decedent's death certificate if the child is under 18. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68. | Vital Records - As enacted, enacts "April's Law of 2026," which authorizes a surviving parent, in addition to another next of kin, to formally disagree with the county medical examiner's determination that the manner of death for the parent's child was suicide and request reconsideration from the state chief medical examiner; allows the other parent of a child of the decedent to request a copy of the decedent's death certificate if the child is under 18. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68. | us/states/tn | Tennessee General Assembly | 114 | SB 1597 | Tennessee SB 1597 (114) |
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2 | 20 | 3 | 2026-01-12 | 2026-04-27 | openstates | ocd-bill/b082b748-3e6b-4a19-855a-829642c7a403 | https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1597&ga=114 | e14ad086692144688d88b05b3888cbf62937ee5311410772419f1cb61cdf0c2a | 2026-07-01 | https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump | 2026-07-06 | reported |
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Tennessee SB 1597 (114) — Vital Records - As enacted, enacts "April's Law of 2026," which authorizes a surviving parent, in addition to another next of kin, to formally disagree with the county medical examiner's determination that the manner of death for the parent's child was suicide and request reconsideration from the state chief medical examiner; allows the other parent of a child of the decedent to request a copy of the decedent's death certificate if the child is under 18. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/23/2026 Passed — 30–1 (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2026 Passed — 87–0 (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/17/2026 Passed — 8–1 (pass) · upper
Sponsors
- Lamar — primary (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-12 Filed for introduction
filing - 2026-01-13 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
introduction - 2026-01-14 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
referral-committee - 2026-02-11 Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
- 2026-02-17 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- 2026-02-20 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
- 2026-02-23 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
receipt - 2026-02-23 Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 1, PNV 1
passage - 2026-02-23 Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0500)
- 2026-02-24 Sponsor(s) Added.
sponsorship - 2026-02-26 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- 2026-03-23 Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0
passage - 2026-03-23 Subst. for comp. HB.
substitution - 2026-03-24 Enrolled and ready for signatures
enrolled - 2026-03-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
passage - 2026-03-26 Signed by H. Speaker
passage - 2026-03-27 Transmitted to Governor for action.
executive-receipt - 2026-04-07 Signed by Governor.
executive-signature - 2026-04-27 Effective date(s) 04/07/2026
- 2026-04-27 Pub. Ch. 666
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b082b748-3e6b-4a19-855a-829642c7a403. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).