---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Professional Achievement - Anthony W. \"Tony\" Cox, City Manager of the Year -"
description: "Memorials, Professional Achievement - Anthony W. \"Tony\" Cox, City Manager of the Year -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112S2"
identifier: "SJR 8012"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 8012 (112S2)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Memorials", "Professional Achievement"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Southerland"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 12
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2021-10-19"
last_action: "2021-10-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d99bea06-efa3-4daa-86b0-b1455756e503"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR8012&GA=112"
source_hash: "573b60d6339d38e5268a1747bf3bb1b5d95d0b6f6ada160a3e1c3c615fb0e21c"
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 8012 (112S2) — Memorials, Professional Achievement - Anthony W. "Tony" Cox, City Manager of the Year -

## 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/112/Bill/SJR8012.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 10/20/2021 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 10/20/2021 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Southerland — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-10-19** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 10/20/2021
- **2021-10-19** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-10-20** Concurred, Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-10-20** SJR placed on H. consent cal. No. 2 for 10/20/21
- **2021-10-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-10-20** Adopted, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-10-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-10-22** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-10-22** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-10-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-10-25** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-10-26** 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/d99bea06-efa3-4daa-86b0-b1455756e503`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).