---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Retirement - Gary L. West -"
description: "Memorials, Retirement - Gary L. West -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HJR 985"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 985 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Memorials", "Retirement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-03-26"
last_action: "2018-03-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b3ef5ae-d6e1-4696-8795-108e7f97c7c6"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0985&GA=110"
source_hash: "ac844765205e8d59322a8a9305a303f00c1331a3492c44f47e34d70a0ac6ba27"
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 985 (110) — Memorials, Retirement - Gary L. West -

## 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/HJR0985.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-26** Rules Suspended, Concurred, voice vote `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-26** R/S Intro., adopted v.v. `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-26** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-29** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-03-29** 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/2b3ef5ae-d6e1-4696-8795-108e7f97c7c6`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).