---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Sports - Mason Gudger, Greeneville Sun Offensive Player of the Year and Tennessee Sports Writers Association's 4A All-State running back -"
description: "Memorials, Sports - Mason Gudger, Greeneville Sun Offensive Player of the Year and Tennessee Sports Writers Association's 4A All-State running back -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SJR 959"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 959 (112)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Memorials", "Sports"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2022-02-02"
last_action: "2022-02-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a3c31a41-997f-40f8-bc41-e56ce766acf4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0959&GA=112"
source_hash: "b638b74a028476b7245e6562c8f4318248de5b1b5770e3be744d17e50d8f7ada"
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 959 (112) — Memorials, Sports - Mason Gudger, Greeneville Sun Offensive Player of the Year and Tennessee Sports Writers Association's 4A All-State running back -

## 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/SJR0959.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/10/2022 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/14/2022 Passed (1) — **81–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-08** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 2/10/2022
- **2022-02-10** SJR placed on H. consent cal. for 2/14/2022
- **2022-02-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-10** Adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-14** Concurred, Ayes 81, Nays 0, PNV 9 `passage`
- **2022-02-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-02-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-02-16** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-02-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-02-22** 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/a3c31a41-997f-40f8-bc41-e56ce766acf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).