---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses strong support for President Trump's proposal to construct a secure border wall and urges Congress to immediately take action to fund the construction. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses strong support for President Trump's proposal to construct a secure border wall and urges Congress to immediately take action to fund the construction. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HJR 741"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 741 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["White D"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/84d4415f-b023-41e9-9786-a72a2f9da669"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0741&GA=110"
source_hash: "1af3a374b0748208fea45b2bf8622d20123e3f9ad6e23e213f23ef1bd220fe5b"
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 741 (110) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses strong support for President Trump's proposal to construct a secure border wall and urges Congress to immediately take action to fund the construction. -

## 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/HJR0741.pdf)

## Votes

- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/21/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018 3/1/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/5/2018 PASSED (1) — **72–21** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for concurrence by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 4/10/2018 Passed — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur 4/24/2018 PASSED — **21–3** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT 3/5/2018 PASSED — **66–22** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- White D — 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** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-20** 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** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/1/2018
- **2018-03-01** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/5/2018
- **2018-03-05** Adopted, Ayes 72, Nays 21, PNV 0 `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`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** Recommended for concurrence by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Concurred, Ayes 21, Nays 3, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-30** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-03** 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/84d4415f-b023-41e9-9786-a72a2f9da669`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).