---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges FCC, major cellular providers, and FBI to work with correctional officers to address issue of contraband cell phones in prisons. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges FCC, major cellular providers, and FBI to work with correctional officers to address issue of contraband cell phones in prisons. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 492"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 492 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 28
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-04-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2c546a6e-a2f1-494a-9213-081de670dbbf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0492&GA=110"
source_hash: "27aa2627ddd184a18404a49e22a6a6dd5540488acbbfb8d03ac809f2c4f9f4d3"
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 492 (110) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges FCC, major cellular providers, and FBI to work with correctional officers to address issue of contraband cell phones in prisons. -

## 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/SJR0492.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018 3/29/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/6/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/27/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO CONCUR 4/5/2018 PASSED — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/21/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED MOTION TO ADOPT 2/12/2018 PASSED — **31–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-15** Ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-31** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/6/2018
- **2018-02-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/8/2018
- **2018-02-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-08** Senate Reset on calendar for 2/12/2018
- **2018-02-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/12/2018
- **2018-02-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-12** Adopted as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0
- **2018-02-12** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0571)
- **2018-02-15** Ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-21** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-05** Concurred, Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-09** 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/2c546a6e-a2f1-494a-9213-081de670dbbf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).