Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Passed Senate 1 R cosponsors

SB 0015 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38, Chapter 7; Title 41, Chapter 21 and Title 68, Chapter 4, relative to deceased inmates.

Last action — Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. 3
    Passed Senate
  4. 4
    Passed House
  5. 5
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced December 10, 2024. It now moves to the second chamber.

Next likely step: consideration and a floor vote in the House.

Odds of enactment

Moderate chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a moderate chance of becoming law.

Upgrade to see the exact probability and what's driving it.

A statistical estimate from our own model of past outcomes — an insight, not a guarantee. Policymaking is volatile.

Prognosis

Stalled 28% · moderate confidence

  • Passed Senate

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 1 sponsor

    1 primary, 0 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (1 R).

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

Summary

State Inmates - As introduced, requires the state to pay for autopsies of deceased inmates and for any transportation associated with the autopsy. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7; Title 41, Chapter 21 and Title 68, Chapter 4.

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  4. Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  5. Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee

  6. Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/11/2025

  7. Reset on Final cal. #2 of Departments & Agencies Subcommittee

  8. Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  9. Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/25/2025

  10. Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/25/2025

  11. Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  12. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025

  13. Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025

  14. Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025

  15. Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

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

  17. Sponsor(s) Added.

  18. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  19. Placed behind the budget

  20. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  21. Filed for introduction

  22. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  23. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  24. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/18/2025

  25. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  26. Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  27. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  28. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  29. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2026

  30. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

  31. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

Export CSV (upgrade) →

1 sponsors · 0 co-sponsors · 132 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (0)

None.

Not signed on (132)

132 members have not signed on to this bill.

Show all 132 →

"Not signed on" means a member has not sponsored or co-sponsored this bill — it does not imply opposition. Members flagged Voted No have a recorded No vote on this bill.

Whip count is in markup. Polling the chamber and every recorded vote this session. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Calling the roll · Tallying · Engrossing

Subjects

public-safety healthcare
Cross-referencing the record. Reading this bill against every other bill in the corpus by meaning, not keywords. Only the first open is slow. It’s instant for you after this. Matching · Ranking · Engrossing

Frequently asked questions

What does SB 0015 do?
State Inmates - As introduced, requires the state to pay for autopsies of deceased inmates and for any transportation associated with the autopsy. - Amends TCA Title 38, Chapter 7; Title 41, Chapter 21 and Title 68, Chapter 4.
Who sponsors SB 0015?
SB 0015 is sponsored by Walley, Page (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 0015?
This bill has passed the Senate. Introduced December 10, 2024. It now moves to the second chamber.
Where can I track SB 0015?
Track SB 0015 free on One Click Politics — get push/email alerts when it moves.

Make your voice heard on SB 0015

Find the representatives who decide this bill and tell them where you stand — for yourself, or mobilize your whole list in one click with One Click Politics advocacy software.

Find my representatives → Run a campaign

Stay ahead of SB 0015

Last checked for changes 3 months ago · updated continuously

One Click Politics tracks every bill in Congress and all 50 states.

Track this bill →