---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Recognition - African American Heritage Society of Rutherford County -"
description: "Memorials, Recognition - African American Heritage Society of Rutherford County -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HJR 579"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 579 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Memorials", "Recognition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sparks"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-05-09"
last_action: "2017-05-12"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8bb9f016-0f12-4752-8bd7-a6036fcc0f3b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0579&GA=110"
source_hash: "b6559cb330620f55651a79ec07e9fcde016076bde31963a8dd0281c35af89859"
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 HJR 579 (110) — Memorials, Recognition - African American Heritage Society of Rutherford County -

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HJR0579.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 5/9/2017 Passed (1) — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 5/10/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Sparks — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar calendar for 5/10/2017
- **2017-05-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-09** Adopted, Ayes 84, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
- **2017-05-09** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-05-09** Intro., placed on H. consent cal. #3 for 5/9/17 `introduction`
- **2017-05-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-05-10** Concurred, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Received from House, refer to Senate Calendar Committee `introduction`
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-12** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8bb9f016-0f12-4752-8bd7-a6036fcc0f3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).