---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Doug Woolsey, J.W. Massengill Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award -"
description: "Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Doug Woolsey, J.W. Massengill Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 285"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 285 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Memorials", "Professional Achievement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-03-28"
last_action: "2017-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e3f3f90-7d6b-445a-9bb0-befeeba44f75"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0285&GA=110"
source_hash: "55848af8337435fd0a255b3e9cdf77601ceb7e250e8c08767981a64495b3e5cf"
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 285 (110) — Memorials, Professional Achievement - Dr. Doug Woolsey, J.W. Massengill Distinguished Service to Agriculture Award -

## 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/SJR0285.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2017 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 4/6/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-03-28** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-03-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar calendar for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** SJR placed on H. consent cal. for 4/10/17
- **2017-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-06** Adopted, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Concurred, Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-12** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-13** 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/0e3f3f90-7d6b-445a-9bb0-befeeba44f75`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).