Vital Records - As enacted, authorizes a medical examiner or attending or pronouncing physician in a hospital to file a death certificate; removes authority for a person acting as a funeral director who first assumes custody of the dead body to file a death certificate; removes requirement for an attending physician or medical examiner to give notice for delay in completing medical certification for the cause of death to a person acting as a funeral director. - Amends TCA Title 68.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2022
Committee Review
Mar 2022
Senate Passage
Mar 2022
House Passage
Mar 2022
Signed into Law
Mar 2022
Introduced Jan 27, 2022
Signed Mar 28, 2022
Floor votes · Senate Mar 14, 2022 · House Mar 7, 2022
How they voted
31–0
Passed
Total votes 31
Mar 14, 2022
D
Democratic6
100% Yea
R
Republican25
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
34
Key actions
13
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Mar 28, 2022
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Mar 14, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
upper
Mar 10, 2022
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Mar 8, 2022
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0547)
lower
Mar 7, 2022
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/3/2022
lower
Mar 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/8/2022
upper
Feb 23, 2022
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Feb 16, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Health Committee for 2/23/2022
lower
Feb 15, 2022
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Health Committee
lower
Feb 9, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
lower
Feb 8, 2022
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c Health Subcommittee to 2/15/2022
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
P2C, ref. to Health Committee
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Committee
Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 2/8/2022
lower
Feb 2, 2022
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
upper
Jan 31, 2022
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
Jan 31, 2022
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Jan 27, 2022
Introduced
Filed for introduction
upper
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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