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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dean Estes, Valedictorian, Chester County High School -"
+description: "Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dean Estes, Valedictorian, Chester County High School -"
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "SJR 253"
+citation: "Tennessee SJR 253 (114)"
+classification: ["joint resolution"]
+subjects: ["Academic Achievement", "Memorials"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Walley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 15
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-03-17"
+last_action: "2026-01-21"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c4a632dd-48da-468a-8a0b-c7f545692028"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SJR0253&ga=114"
+source_hash: "a5d622df882046a8d2d85e2590e8cc5b9df61ea8071b1171711d5950dc6c0a72"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SJR 253 (114) — Memorials, Academic Achievement - Dean Estes, Valedictorian, Chester County High School -
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SJR0253.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/27/2025 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/3/2025 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Walley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-03-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2025-03-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2025-03-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Calendar Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 3/27/2025
+- **2025-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
+- **2025-03-27** Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2025-03-31** SJR placed on H. consent cal. for 4/3/2025
+- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+- **2025-04-03** Concurred, Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
+- **2025-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
+- **2025-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-07** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2025-04-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-04-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-01-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c4a632dd-48da-468a-8a0b-c7f545692028`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+