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HB1813Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 7, relative to autopsies.

Introduced

Introduced by Lowell Russell, District 21

What does this bill do?

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Official description

As introduced, requires the expenses of an autopsy ordered by a district attorney general to be paid by this state. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7.

Where it stands

Sponsor(s) Added.

April 20, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

HouseStage: HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee · March 11, 2026

20

Yes

0

No

0

Absent or Not Voting

20 representatives recorded in this House vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.

See how each representative voted

RepresentativeDistrictVote
John Crawford1Yes
Jerome Moon8Yes
Rick Eldridge10Yes
Michele Carringer16Yes
Dave Wright19Yes
Dan Howell22Yes
Greg Martin26Yes
Tim Rudd34Yes
Dennis Powers36Yes
Iris Rudder39Yes

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/11/2026

  6. Action Def. in s/c Public Service Subcommittee to 2/18/2026

  7. Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/18/2026

  8. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  9. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026

  10. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/11/2026

  11. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026

  12. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  13. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  14. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  15. Placed behind the budget

  16. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  17. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  18. Sponsor(s) Added.

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