---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Confirms the appointment of persons to the state university board of Tennessee State University. -"
description: "General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Confirms the appointment of persons to the state university board of Tennessee State University. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 33"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 33 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Confirmation of Appointment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-01-20"
last_action: "2017-02-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8751ef12-75f9-468b-8b28-94fabe60434c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0033&GA=110"
source_hash: "3597174e85f4e16e634085360b76f1a0c9f127d2ee863b013dd572b266ceb6f6"
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 33 (110) — General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Confirms the appointment of persons to the state university board of Tennessee State University. -

## 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/SJR0033.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption by Senate Education Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 2/8/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO CONCUR 2/13/2017 Passed (1) — **94–3** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/13/2017 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2017-02-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/8/2017
- **2017-02-08** Recommended for adoption by Senate Education Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-02-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/13/2017
- **2017-02-13** Concurred, Ayes 94, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-13** Adopted, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-02-14** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-02-14** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-02-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-02-14** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-02-16** 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/8751ef12-75f9-468b-8b28-94fabe60434c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).