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                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1025

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 2369

                                      By Representatives Doggett, Williams

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 2388

                            By Senators Hensley, Bailey, Bowling, Lowe, Walley

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39 and Title 40, relative to
criminal justice.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-7-106, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:

                    (c) In any case where an autopsy is requested by a municipality or municipal law
          enforcement agency, the cost of the autopsy must be paid by the municipality, unless
          the cost is paid by the state.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 38-7-109, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:

                    (d) In any case where an autopsy is requested by a municipality or municipal law
          enforcement agency, the cost of the autopsy must be paid by the municipality, unless
          the cost is paid by the state.

          SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-35-303(i)(1), is amended by
deleting "forty-five dollars ($45.00)" and substituting "sixty dollars ($60.00)".

          SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-35-313(a)(1)(A), is amended by
deleting "thirty-five dollars ($35.00)" and substituting "sixty dollars ($60.00)".

          SECTION 5. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
                    HOUSE BILL NO. 2369

PASSED:  April 22, 2026

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                            CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER

                           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                                    RANDY 1\,1:NALLY
                                        SPEAKER OF THE ~ENATE

1.9~ APPROVED this  day of (Y\u A ,      2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR