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Bill Death - As enacted, removes the limitation that a death must have been anticipated for a registered nurse to make the actual determination and pronouncement of death if a deceased was a patient or resident at a nursing home, hospital, or assisted-care living facility. - Amends TCA Title 68. Death - As enacted, removes the limitation that a death must have been anticipated for a registered nurse to make the actual determination and pronouncement of death if a deceased was a patient or resident at a nursing home, hospital, or assisted-care living facility. - Amends TCA Title 68. us/states/tn Tennessee General Assembly 114 SB 668 Tennessee SB 668 (114)
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Tennessee SB 668 (114) — Death - As enacted, removes the limitation that a death must have been anticipated for a registered nurse to make the actual determination and pronouncement of death if a deceased was a patient or resident at a nursing home, hospital, or assisted-care living facility. - Amends TCA Title 68.

Version chain

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

  1. Amendment HA0036 (committee substitute) — source
  2. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — 330 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 3/20/2025 Passed — 320 (pass) · upper
  • SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (2) — 90 (pass) · upper
  • FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed — 940 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Taylor — primary (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-31 Filed for introduction filing
  • 2025-02-10 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
  • 2025-02-12 Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/19/2025
  • 2025-02-12 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee referral-committee
  • 2025-02-19 Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  • 2025-02-20 Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2025
  • 2025-02-24 Engrossed; ready for transmission to House receipt
  • 2025-02-24 Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 passage
  • 2025-02-27 Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  • 2025-03-10 Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
  • 2025-03-10 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0036) amendment-passage
  • 2025-03-10 Subst. for comp. HB. substitution
  • 2025-03-18 Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/20/2025
  • 2025-03-20 Enrolled and ready for signatures enrolled
  • 2025-03-20 Sponsor(s) Added. sponsorship
  • 2025-03-20 Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0036) passage
  • 2025-03-24 Signed by H. Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-24 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
  • 2025-03-25 Transmitted to Governor for action. executive-receipt
  • 2025-04-03 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
  • 2025-04-08 Effective date(s) 04/03/2025
  • 2025-04-08 Pub. Ch. 116

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b5b9dc55-e739-48e4-94cb-04159c619b23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).