republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-1757.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Death - As enacted, clarifies that the ability of a next of kin to seek reconsideration of a medical examiner's manner of death determination applies only when the manner of death is determined to be suicide; specifies that unrelated parties have no liability for relying on the original death certificate, without regard to subsequent revision made pursuant to a request for reconsideration of the cause of death. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3."
description: "Death - As enacted, clarifies that the ability of a next of kin to seek reconsideration of a medical examiner's manner of death determination applies only when the manner of death is determined to be suicide; specifies that unrelated parties have no liability for relying on the original death certificate, without regard to subsequent revision made pursuant to a request for reconsideration of the cause of death. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1757"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1757 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Butt", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-23"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/325a00c7-65e2-4283-922c-899df05264ee"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1757&GA=110"
source_hash: "46dc918523127a9b6a59a929b556f6d68407ffff04e2044c3964c51a31cebf1f"
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 1757 (110) — Death - As enacted, clarifies that the ability of a next of kin to seek reconsideration of a medical examiner's manner of death determination applies only when the manner of death is determined to be suicide; specifies that unrelated parties have no liability for relying on the original death certificate, without regard to subsequent revision made pursuant to a request for reconsideration of the cause of death. - Amends TCA Title 68, Chapter 3.

## 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/SB1757.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/26/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 3/26/2018 PASSED — **29–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/19/2018 PASSED — **93–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Butt — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-20** Action def. in Health Committee to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-23** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-27** Action def. in Health Committee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0766) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-23** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 3/26/2018
- **2018-03-26** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0766) `passage`
- **2018-03-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 714
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 714

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/325a00c7-65e2-4283-922c-899df05264ee`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).