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type: "Bill"
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title: "Vital Records - As enacted, enacts \"April's Law of 2026,\" which authorizes a surviving parent, in addition to another next of kin, to formally disagree with the county medical examiner's determination that the manner of death for the parent's child was suicide and request reconsideration from the state chief medical examiner; allows the other parent of a child of the decedent to request a copy of the decedent's death certificate if the child is under 18. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68."
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description: "Vital Records - As enacted, enacts \"April's Law of 2026,\" which authorizes a surviving parent, in addition to another next of kin, to formally disagree with the county medical examiner's determination that the manner of death for the parent's child was suicide and request reconsideration from the state chief medical examiner; allows the other parent of a child of the decedent to request a copy of the decedent's death certificate if the child is under 18. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
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legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
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session: "114"
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identifier: "SB 1597"
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citation: "Tennessee SB 1597 (114)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["Vital Records"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Lamar"]
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version_count: 2
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2026-01-12"
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last_action: "2026-04-27"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b082b748-3e6b-4a19-855a-829642c7a403"
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source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1597&ga=114"
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source_hash: "e14ad086692144688d88b05b3888cbf62937ee5311410772419f1cb61cdf0c2a"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
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---
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# Tennessee SB 1597 (114) — Vital Records - As enacted, enacts "April's Law of 2026," which authorizes a surviving parent, in addition to another next of kin, to formally disagree with the county medical examiner's determination that the manner of death for the parent's child was suicide and request reconsideration from the state chief medical examiner; allows the other parent of a child of the decedent to request a copy of the decedent's death certificate if the child is under 18. - Amends TCA Title 38 and Title 68.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Amendment SA0500** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0500.pdf)
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2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1597.pdf)
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## Votes
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- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/23/2026 Passed — **30–1** (pass) · upper
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- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/23/2026 Passed — **87–0** (pass) · lower
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- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/17/2026 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Lamar — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2026-01-12** Filed for introduction `filing`
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- **2026-01-13** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
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- **2026-01-14** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-11** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
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- **2026-02-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
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- **2026-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/23/2026
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- **2026-02-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
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- **2026-02-23** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0500)
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- **2026-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
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- **2026-02-26** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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- **2026-03-23** Passed H., Ayes 87, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
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- **2026-03-23** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
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- **2026-03-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
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- **2026-03-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-03-27** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
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- **2026-04-07** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
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- **2026-04-27** Effective date(s) 04/07/2026
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- **2026-04-27** Pub. Ch. 666
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b082b748-3e6b-4a19-855a-829642c7a403`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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