---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Death - Leo Willis Phillips -"
description: "Memorials, Death - Leo Willis Phillips -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 256"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 256 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Memorials", "Death"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-17"
last_action: "2017-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f862ff17-98b8-433a-a77e-6c4817b9a981"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0256&GA=110"
source_hash: "62e3800c6565feb12ba78c938a8bcbcf955905208d64df721a009210c1370a5a"
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 256 (110) — Memorials, Death - Leo Willis Phillips -

## 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/SJR0256.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 3/27/2017 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/30/2017 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-17** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-23** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar calendar for 3/27/2017
- **2017-03-27** SJR placed on H. consent cal. for 3/30/17
- **2017-03-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-27** Adopted, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-03-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-03-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-03-30** Concurred, Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-03-31** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-04** 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/f862ff17-98b8-433a-a77e-6c4817b9a981`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).