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type: "Bill"
title: "Death - As enacted, creates a process for requesting a reconsideration of cause of death determination on a death certificate; encourages county medical examiners who suspect that suicide is potential manner of death to consult the decedent's treating mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 3."
description: "Death - As enacted, creates a process for requesting a reconsideration of cause of death determination on a death certificate; encourages county medical examiners who suspect that suicide is potential manner of death to consult the decedent's treating mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7 and Title 68, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 893"
citation: "Tennessee SB 893 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Casada", "Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-09"
last_action: "2017-06-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d1b771c3-3206-42b4-b0be-79a2aec7b02c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0893&GA=110"
source_hash: "4873ffb832533f5e7e6640d1f6ce588d1b8b7201ff0468754bdcae481dd1c558"
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 893 (110) — Death - As enacted, creates a process for requesting a reconsideration of cause of death determination on a death certificate; encourages county medical examiners who suspect that suicide is potential manner of death to consult the decedent's treating mental health professional. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7 and 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/SB0893.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 3 4/18/2017 Passed — **60** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Casada — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-17** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Action def. in Health Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 3
- **2017-04-19** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-19** Reset on cal. for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0296) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-26** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0474)
- **2017-04-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-06-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-06-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-06-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-06-14** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 493
- **2017-06-14** Pub. Ch. 493
- **2017-06-14** Effective date(s) 06/13/2017
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d1b771c3-3206-42b4-b0be-79a2aec7b02c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).