---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HJR 729"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 729 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["VanHuss"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 29
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d9e49a7e-d53b-46de-acb0-134299a3190b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0729&GA=110"
source_hash: "88f6b5425fb6fa9677b1c0444b6afdaf46ed702c6ebf21e1ce32b631fdd97371"
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 729 (110) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Recognizes Jerusalem as the capital of the State of Israel. -

## 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/HJR0729.pdf)

## Votes

- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/21/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (2) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for concurrence by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 3/27/2018 Passed — **10–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **73–14** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018 3/1/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- VanHuss — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Intro., ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-08** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Adopted, Ayes 73, Nays 14, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-08** Received from House, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means `introduction`
- **2018-03-15** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for concurrence by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d9e49a7e-d53b-46de-acb0-134299a3190b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).