---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges President Donald J. Trump and Congress to distribute federal transportation funding to the states by block grant. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges President Donald J. Trump and Congress to distribute federal transportation funding to the states by block grant. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 59"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 59 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beavers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 30
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-01-31"
last_action: "2017-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7a007df-2c1e-4aad-a937-f4903c7211a2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0059&GA=110"
source_hash: "70b3c538f300516109edfd79b450cb00e2421e5506c9a86431a5f27aa120a4a8"
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 59 (110) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges President Donald J. Trump and Congress to distribute federal transportation funding to the states by block grant. -

## 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/SJR0059.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017 5/8/2017 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 2/14/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO CONCUR 5/9/2017 Passed — **66–17** (pass) · lower
- TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/18/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT 2/16/2017 Passed (1) — **30–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Beavers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-02** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2017-02-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 2/14/2017
- **2017-02-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-14** Recommended for adoption by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-02-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/16/2017
- **2017-02-14** Recommended for adoption by Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-02-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-02-16** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-16** Adopted, Ayes 30, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-02-23** Rcvd. from S., ref. to Transportation Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-28** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Action def. in Transportation Committee to 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Transportation Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-09** Concurred, Ayes 66, Nays 17, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar 2 for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-18** 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/f7a007df-2c1e-4aad-a937-f4903c7211a2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).