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type: "Bill"
title: "Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, specifies that a licensed funeral establishment is not prohibited from preparing any remains for disposition or performing, or offering to perform, commemorative services, if the commemorative services are performed in compliance with applicable laws and rules. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68."
description: "Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, specifies that a licensed funeral establishment is not prohibited from preparing any remains for disposition or performing, or offering to perform, commemorative services, if the commemorative services are performed in compliance with applicable laws and rules. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 624"
citation: "Tennessee HB 624 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Funeral Directors and Embalmers"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge", "Jackson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/88ec2c59-8c6f-4914-8728-9e5b64d98ffa"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0624&GA=110"
source_hash: "e0b7caa2904740c73f884eb2827b18820fae6f10a64ec2f41d90d278e4137391"
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 624 (110) — Funeral Directors and Embalmers - As enacted, specifies that a licensed funeral establishment is not prohibited from preparing any remains for disposition or performing, or offering to perform, commemorative services, if the commemorative services are performed in compliance with applicable laws and rules. - Amends TCA Title 62, Chapter 5 and Title 68.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0624.pdf)
## Votes
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017 3/30/2017 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/22/2017 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee 3/7/2017 (3) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Eldridge — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action def. in Business and Utilities Committee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-22** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-30** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0153)
- **2017-04-03** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-06** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0162) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-06** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 144
- **2017-04-19** Pub. Ch. 144
- **2017-04-19** Effective date(s) 04/17/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/88ec2c59-8c6f-4914-8728-9e5b64d98ffa`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).