republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1934.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Cemeteries - As enacted, specifies that a trustee for an improvement care trust fund may establish a separate trust for each individual cemetery or cemetery company, or a master trust for multiple cemetery companies; specifies that a trustee for pre-need cemetery contracts may establish a separate trust fund for each contract, a single trust fund for all contracts written by an individual cemetery, or a single trust fund for all contracts written by multiple cemetery companies; makes other changes related to the establishment and management of an improvement care trust fund or a trust fund for a pre-need cemetery contract. - Amends TCA Title 35, Chapter 14 and Title 46, Chapter 1, Part 2."
description: "Cemeteries - As enacted, specifies that a trustee for an improvement care trust fund may establish a separate trust for each individual cemetery or cemetery company, or a master trust for multiple cemetery companies; specifies that a trustee for pre-need cemetery contracts may establish a separate trust fund for each contract, a single trust fund for all contracts written by an individual cemetery, or a single trust fund for all contracts written by multiple cemetery companies; makes other changes related to the establishment and management of an improvement care trust fund or a trust fund for a pre-need cemetery contract. - Amends TCA Title 35, Chapter 14 and Title 46, Chapter 1, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1934"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1934 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Cemeteries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Garrett", "Jackson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 31
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-25"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f0d4bede-ba0e-4c2b-bcfa-9f76d743603d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1934&GA=112"
source_hash: "f5392a07f68f5f41be2ae92ed6f116d588a51fc95059dc880b437b247b13c2c8"
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 1934 (112) — Cemeteries - As enacted, specifies that a trustee for an improvement care trust fund may establish a separate trust for each individual cemetery or cemetery company, or a master trust for multiple cemetery companies; specifies that a trustee for pre-need cemetery contracts may establish a separate trust fund for each contract, a single trust fund for all contracts written by an individual cemetery, or a single trust fund for all contracts written by multiple cemetery companies; makes other changes related to the establishment and management of an improvement care trust fund or a trust fund for a pre-need cemetery contract. - Amends TCA Title 35, Chapter 14 and Title 46, Chapter 1, Part 2.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1934.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE COMMERCE AND LABOR COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/8/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE COMMERCE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2022 Passed (2) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022 3/3/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE BUSINESS AND UTILITIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee 2/16/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Garrett — primary (person)
- Jackson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
- **2022-02-01** Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 2/8/2022
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-08** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-10** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Commerce Committee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-16** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Commerce Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-17** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
- **2022-03-03** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-07** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-09** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-14** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/18/2022, 01/01/2023
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 705
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 705

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f0d4bede-ba0e-4c2b-bcfa-9f76d743603d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).