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type: "Bill"
title: "Death - As enacted, removes the limitation that a death must have been anticipated for a registered nurse to make the actual determination and pronouncement of death if a deceased was a patient or resident at a nursing home, hospital, or assisted-care living facility. - Amends TCA Title 68."
description: "Death - As enacted, removes the limitation that a death must have been anticipated for a registered nurse to make the actual determination and pronouncement of death if a deceased was a patient or resident at a nursing home, hospital, or assisted-care living facility. - Amends TCA Title 68."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 668"
citation: "Tennessee SB 668 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Death"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b5b9dc55-e739-48e4-94cb-04159c619b23"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0668&ga=114"
source_hash: "a2aa4e4c99ad777cccaeab9c321a66249f5e69eaa6400a62f84fd98faf1edae3"
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 668 (114) — Death - As enacted, removes the limitation that a death must have been anticipated for a registered nurse to make the actual determination and pronouncement of death if a deceased was a patient or resident at a nursing home, hospital, or assisted-care living facility. - Amends TCA Title 68.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0036** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0036.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0668.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **330** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 3/20/2025 Passed — **320** (pass) · upper
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/19/2025 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/10/2025 Passed — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Taylor — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 2/19/2025
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health and Welfare Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-19** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-10** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0036) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-10** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-18** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-20** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0036) `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 04/03/2025
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 116
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b5b9dc55-e739-48e4-94cb-04159c619b23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).