Funeral Directors and Embalmers

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how the bill affects other areas of funeral service law beyond crematory receipt requirements.

Changes to Crematory Receipts

This bill allows crematories in Tennessee to provide an electronic receipt instead of a written one when they receive human remains for cremation.

What This Bill Does

• Allows crematories to provide an electronic receipt to the person who delivers a dead body or body parts for cremation.
• Changes the law by removing the requirement that crematory receipts must be in writing only.

Who It Names or Affects

• Crematories and their operators
• People who deliver dead bodies or body parts for cremation

Terms To Know

Electronic receipt

A digital document that serves as proof of a transaction, in this case, the delivery of human remains to a crematory.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how electronic receipts should be provided or stored.
• It is unclear if other types of funeral services will also allow for electronic receipts.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 2274
By Briggs

HOUSE BILL 2307
By Carringer
HB2307
012022
- 1 -
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 5; Title 10; Title 29; Title 30; Title 31; Title 32;
Title 34; Title 35; Title 36; Title 38; Title 39; Title
46; Title 50; Title 55; Title 56; Title 58; Title 62;
Title 67; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to the
disposition of human remains.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 62-5-509(a), is amended by deleting
"a written" and substituting "a written or electronic".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.