---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Robert S. Eby, State Board of Education -"
description: "General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Robert S. Eby, State Board of Education -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 545"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 545 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Confirmation of Appointment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c454abe5-7c1b-4101-b3b2-59b4f1a3f008"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0545&GA=110"
source_hash: "b93c1e305d1748e248e2f10ff96a875cee4bbf8255bdcffa5985a90dc2ef062b"
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 545 (110) — General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Robert S. Eby, State Board of Education -

## 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/SJR0545.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption by Senate Education Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 3/14/2018 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO CONCUR 4/2/2018 PASSED (1) — **95–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yager — 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 Education Committee
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Recommended for adoption by Senate Education Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-02** Concurred, Ayes 95 Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-06** 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/c454abe5-7c1b-4101-b3b2-59b4f1a3f008`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).