---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Joint Conventions - Calls joint convention on Thursday, February 14, 2019, for the purpose of the election of the members of the state election commission. -"
description: "General Assembly, Joint Conventions - Calls joint convention on Thursday, February 14, 2019, for the purpose of the election of the members of the state election commission. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SJR 161"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 161 (111)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Joint Conventions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2019-02-06"
last_action: "2019-02-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/920363a6-91e7-4b63-87df-d87faca87ed8"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0161&GA=111"
source_hash: "c770ca7d7e6baeaae05edf5c78efe309f510eb188758ffb83e7d2d4fcb7fc6b4"
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 161 (111) — General Assembly, Joint Conventions - Calls joint convention on Thursday, February 14, 2019, for the purpose of the election of the members of the state election commission. -

## 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/SJR0161.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-02-06** Rules Suspended, Adopted voice vote
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-02-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-02-07** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-02-07** R/S Concurred, v.v. `passage`
- **2019-02-08** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-02-11** 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/920363a6-91e7-4b63-87df-d87faca87ed8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).