---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - William A. \"Bill\" Young, Claims Commission -"
description: "General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - William A. \"Bill\" Young, Claims Commission -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 544"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 544 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Confirmation of Appointment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-02-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e0a807fa-887d-4f82-8177-be6fbdb67643"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0544&GA=110"
source_hash: "c947f880f3f3ca36fc30dd102e278f6005cd286457c2f889f65c3cb46848afa3"
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 544 (110) — General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - William A. "Bill" Young, Claims Commission -

## 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/SJR0544.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption by Senate Judiciary Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 2/13/2018 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **30–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO CONCUR 2/22/2018 PASSED — **91–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-13** Recommended for adoption by Senate Judiciary Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-02-20** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** Concurred, Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-22** Adopted, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-02-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-02-26** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-02-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-02-27** 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/e0a807fa-887d-4f82-8177-be6fbdb67643`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).