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type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, allows the owner of a prearrangement insurance policy, and not just the beneficiary, to irrevocably assign the policy or policy benefits to a funeral establishment if the insurance company issuing the policy does not offer a funeral trust, or only offers a funeral trust for an additional charge. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 62, Chapter 5, Part 4."
description: "Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, allows the owner of a prearrangement insurance policy, and not just the beneficiary, to irrevocably assign the policy or policy benefits to a funeral establishment if the insurance company issuing the policy does not offer a funeral trust, or only offers a funeral trust for an additional charge. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 62, Chapter 5, Part 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1173"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1173 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Insurance Companies", "Agents", "Brokers", "Policies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks", "Swann"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d0e66123-1503-410a-bf1c-be748667a09e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1173&GA=111"
source_hash: "f7856a28d43d6ac756dbabd34d4ca0b2dce16a2beb37be97e5bc36ddba31ed86"
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 1173 (111) — Insurance Companies, Agents, Brokers, Policies - As enacted, allows the owner of a prearrangement insurance policy, and not just the beneficiary, to irrevocably assign the policy or policy benefits to a funeral establishment if the insurance company issuing the policy does not offer a funeral trust, or only offers a funeral trust for an additional charge. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 62, Chapter 5, Part 4.
## 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/111/Bill/SB1173.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/24/2019 Passed (2) — **300** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LIFE & HEALTH INSURANCE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee 4/3/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/16/2019 Passed — **70** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE INSURANCE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/24/2019 Passed (1) — **300** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **910** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Hicks — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Insurance Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Action Def. in s/c Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee to 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Returned to the Clerk's Desk.
- **2019-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-03-28** Reassigned to s/c Life & Health Insurance Subcommittee
- **2019-04-02** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Insurance Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Insurance Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-09** Action deferred in Senate Commerce and Labor Committee to 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 4/16/2019
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2019-04-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-24** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-25** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 339
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 339
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d0e66123-1503-410a-bf1c-be748667a09e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).