---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the Commissioner of the Department of Health to designate Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias as a public health issue. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the Commissioner of the Department of Health to designate Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias as a public health issue. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 619"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 619 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 32
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-02-22"
last_action: "2018-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a2d997f-163d-441a-8bb2-9d61f826b90a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0619&GA=110"
source_hash: "7ad7f3562848d1abdc4e5594e4e2ae7ba9ad60770acbe2e77a83a2a81b349963"
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 619 (110) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Urges the Commissioner of the Department of Health to designate Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias as a public health issue. -

## 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/SJR0619.pdf)

## Votes

- HEALTH COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/23/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **32–0** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **81–0** (fail) · lower
- HEALTH SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee 4/23/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE HEALTH AND WELFARE COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption by Senate Health and Welfare Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 3/14/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-22** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Health & Welfare Committee
- **2018-03-05** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-05** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. H&W Comm. 3-7-18
- **2018-03-07** Placed on Senate Health and Welfare Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Health and Welfare Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Recommended for adoption by Senate Health and Welfare Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-19** Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-20** Ref. to Delayed Bills Comm. `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-27** Placed on cal. Delayed Bill Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-04-02** Placed on cal. Delayed Bill Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Failed in Delayed Bill Committee
- **2018-04-16** Placed on cal. Delayed Bill Committee for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Approved by Delayed Bills Comm.
- **2018-04-18** Assigned to s/c Health Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-18** Intro., ref. to Health Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Health Subcommittee for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-23** Placed on cal. Health Committee for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Health Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-24** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-25** Concurred, Ayes 81, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-11** 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/8a2d997f-163d-441a-8bb2-9d61f826b90a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).