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TN SB1480

Bill

Official Source

Status

Introduced

12/10/2025

Primary Sponsor

Adam Lowe

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Origin

Senate

114th General Assembly

AI Summary

  • Requires county medical examiners to notify the chief medical examiner when a district attorney general orders an autopsy

  • Allows county medical examiners to either perform the autopsy themselves or designate and authorize a pathologist to perform it

  • Shifts autopsy costs from counties to the state, requiring the state to pay all costs and expenses for district attorney-ordered autopsies

  • Effective date: July 1, 2026

Legislative Description

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

Autopsies

Last Action

Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2026

3/11/2026

Committee Referrals

State and Local Government1/14/2026

Full Bill Text

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