---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Julia Wells, University of Tennessee at Martin advisory board -"
description: "General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Julia Wells, University of Tennessee at Martin advisory board -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SJR 855"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 855 (112)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Confirmation of Appointment", "General Assembly"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 14
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2022-01-24"
last_action: "2022-03-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c484c05c-16a3-498b-8729-9ebb2a90b49b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0855&GA=112"
source_hash: "363fb9cbfb9911617a0d8c4727eccc8e79f247d525aa9b7a7fa820d1f1479b6f"
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 855 (112) — General Assembly, Confirmation of Appointment - Julia Wells, University of Tennessee at Martin advisory board -

## 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/SJR0855.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for adoption by Senate Education Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 3/2/2022 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-26** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/2/2022
- **2022-03-02** Recommended for adoption by Senate Education Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-07** Adopted, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Concurred, Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-22** 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/c484c05c-16a3-498b-8729-9ebb2a90b49b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).