Tennessee House Bill 2026 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2024-03-12 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires a cemetery company offering to sell a grave space in a pre-need contract to offer the option to pre-pay for the interment right and interment services applicable to the space; requires the offer of an option to pre-pay for the interment right and interment services to include a written disclosure of the days of the week for which such services for the purchased interment right would be available without additional fees and that pre-paying for the interment right and interment services is not required but that the choice not to pre-pay will likely result in an increase to the purchase cost in the future. - Amends TCA Title 46 and Title 47.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 46 and Title 47, relative to cemeteries.

Rep. Greg Martin [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-12	House	Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee
2024-03-06	House	Placed on s/c cal Business & Utilities Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
2024-01-30	House	Assigned to s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee
2024-01-25	House	P2C, ref. to Commerce Committee
2024-01-24	House	Intro., P1C.
2024-01-23	House	Filed for introduction

SB1908 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-12 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2026&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2026.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB2026.pdf