---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Joint Conventions - Calls a joint convention to be held on April 27, 2022, to confirm the appointments of Professor Jeffrey Usman to Court of Appeals, Middle Division; Judge Tom Greenholtz to Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division; and Judge Kyle Hixson to Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division. -"
description: "General Assembly, Joint Conventions - Calls a joint convention to be held on April 27, 2022, to confirm the appointments of Professor Jeffrey Usman to Court of Appeals, Middle Division; Judge Tom Greenholtz to Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division; and Judge Kyle Hixson to Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HJR 1246"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 1246 (112)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Joint Conventions"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 10
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-04-21"
last_action: "2022-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6129bf42-8e2b-4b93-93c8-2b44cc0807d4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR1246&GA=112"
source_hash: "23364bc2c5a4336d5b9506b06df17bca263aad280d75c19d2fc6c3cdc689f1c4"
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 1246 (112) — General Assembly, Joint Conventions - Calls a joint convention to be held on April 27, 2022, to confirm the appointments of Professor Jeffrey Usman to Court of Appeals, Middle Division; Judge Tom Greenholtz to Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division; and Judge Kyle Hixson to Court of Criminal Appeals, Eastern Division. -

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HJR1246.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-04-21** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-04-21** Rules Suspended, Concurred, voice vote `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Received from House `introduction`
- **2022-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-21** R/S Intro., adopted v.v. `passage`
- **2022-04-21** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-04-26** 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/6129bf42-8e2b-4b93-93c8-2b44cc0807d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).