---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Lang Wiseman, UT board of trustees -"
description: "General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Lang Wiseman, UT board of trustees -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 976"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 976 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Confirmation of Appointment"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Norris"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-04-23"
last_action: "2018-05-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/47977f15-9660-43da-813c-738163fed3cc"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0976&GA=110"
source_hash: "a167b233ebcd17ee4e55224dcdc62db14292a2bd955a476b6fdea39881743a6a"
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 976 (110) — General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Lang Wiseman, UT board of trustees -

## 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/SJR0976.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/24/2018 PASSED (1) — **33–0** (fail) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption by Senate Education Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 4/24/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO CONCUR 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **85–2** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Norris — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-04-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-23** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. Ed. Comm. 4/24/18
- **2018-04-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-04-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-24** Adopted, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Recommended for adoption by Senate Education Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-25** Concurred, Ayes 85, Nays 2, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **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/47977f15-9660-43da-813c-738163fed3cc`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).