---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Designates the period of July 1, 2024, through July 31, 2024, as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee and seeks God’s hand of mercy healing on Tennessee. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Designates the period of July 1, 2024, through July 31, 2024, as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee and seeks God’s hand of mercy healing on Tennessee. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HJR 803"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 803 (113)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fritts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-25"
last_action: "2024-04-16"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9780b28b-0f1c-4563-9fd1-bc244486bb40"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HJR0803&GA=113"
source_hash: "a183d50f4f6c4d7134830f1d060a96bb6e555f4845036eed278c8325c34ba617"
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 803 (113) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Designates the period of July 1, 2024, through July 31, 2024, as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee and seeks God’s hand of mercy healing on Tennessee. -

## 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/113/Bill/HJR0803.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/28/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for concurrence by Senate State and Local Government Committee, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/27/2024 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for concurrence by Senate State and Local Government Committee, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/27/2024 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur 4/8/2024 Passed — **27–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT 3/4/2024 Passed — **72–18** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT 3/4/2024 Passed — **82–6** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024 2/29/2024 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/13/2024 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Fritts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-25** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-29** Intro., ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-01-30** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
- **2024-02-13** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-14** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/21/2024
- **2024-02-21** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-21** Action def. in State Government Committee to 2/28/2024
- **2024-02-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/29/2024
- **2024-02-28** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-02-29** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/4/2024
- **2024-03-04** Adopted, Ayes 82, Nays 6, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-03-04** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-05** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-03-07** Received from House, refer to Senate State & Local Government Committee `introduction`
- **2024-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2024
- **2024-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-19** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-27** Recommended for concurrence by Senate State and Local Government Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2024-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/8/2024
- **2024-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-08** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-10** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-16** 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/9780b28b-0f1c-4563-9fd1-bc244486bb40`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).