Tennessee Senate Bill 1908 (Prior Session Legislation)

---

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 23 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-03-12 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Pending: Senate Commerce and Labor 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.

Sen. Paul Rose [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-12	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
2024-03-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
2024-03-06	Senate	Placed on Senate Commerce and Labor Committee calendar for 3/12/2024
2024-01-25	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
2024-01-24	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2024-01-23	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2026 (Crossfiled) 2024-03-12 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Business & Utilities Subcommittee of Commerce Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1908&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1908.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB2026.pdf