Tennessee House of Representatives bill in Session 114.
Status: in_committee. Latest action: April 1, 2026.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 34, Chapter 6, Part 37; Title 38; Title 50; Title 56; Title 62, Chapter 5; Title 62, Chapter 6 and Title 68, relative to burial.
This bill generally provides that if the person or government agency assuming custody of a body for the purposes of burial does not request an autopsy, or that the body be embalmed, then the person or government agency must ensure that the body is buried within 48 hours from the time when th e person or government agency waives the ability to request an autopsy or embalming of the body. However, this provision does not apply when an autopsy may be requested in accordance with the Post-Mortem Examination Ac t, or another law that allows this state or a political subdivision of this state to request an autopsy due to the circumstances surrounding the death of the decedent .
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-02-06 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-04-01 | Status | in_committee |
| 2026-04-01 | Latest Action | Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Health and Welfare Committee |