---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Recognition - Mark Laughlin, Life Care Center of Greeneville Team Spirit Award -"
description: "Memorials, Recognition - Mark Laughlin, Life Care Center of Greeneville Team Spirit Award -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SJR 997"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 997 (111)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Memorials", "Recognition"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-02-18"
last_action: "2020-03-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e61c09c-7434-498e-8f53-4a66f61facab"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0997&GA=111"
source_hash: "49a74eea5d0a48f0862dca3355dc6487b0dd468384e508576bf1014d583aed06"
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 997 (111) — Memorials, Recognition - Mark Laughlin, Life Care Center of Greeneville Team Spirit Award -

## 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/SJR0997.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/27/2020 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/2/2020 Passed (1) — **99–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-02-18** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-24** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 2/27/2020
- **2020-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-27** Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-02** Concurred, Ayes 99, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-03-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-03-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-05** SJR placed on H. consent cal. for 3/2/20

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e61c09c-7434-498e-8f53-4a66f61facab`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).