---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Academic Achievement - Whitney Yacob, Salutatorian, Frederick Douglass High School -"
description: "Memorials, Academic Achievement - Whitney Yacob, Salutatorian, Frederick Douglass High School -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HJR 992"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 992 (111)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Memorials", "Academic Achievement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Parkinson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-03-10"
last_action: "2020-03-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bdf3375b-4115-4bf8-9426-ed3368ac4450"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0992&GA=111"
source_hash: "a297ab3a8bc0682f7c832e4ac2750f082ac4d489bb66a39591fba57f391ae25c"
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 HJR 992 (111) — Memorials, Academic Achievement - Whitney Yacob, Salutatorian, Frederick Douglass High School -

## 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/111/Bill/HJR0992.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/18/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/16/2020 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Parkinson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-10** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-03-13** Intro., placed on H. consent cal. for 3/16/20 `introduction`
- **2020-03-16** Adopted, Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-03-17** Received from House, refer to Senate Calendar Committee `introduction`
- **2020-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-03-18** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bdf3375b-4115-4bf8-9426-ed3368ac4450`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).