---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Academic Achievement - Avigail Laing, Valedictorian, Bearden High School -"
description: "Memorials, Academic Achievement - Avigail Laing, Valedictorian, Bearden High School -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SJR 1405"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 1405 (113)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Academic Achievement", "Memorials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-04-08"
last_action: "2024-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0f487dd1-3c5c-4ddf-8db9-2d25d5e3f936"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR1405&GA=113"
source_hash: "2936b9fd51ecf51cd6ffe07b16b03e4207089f04af9be979feba8fa1881d9ead"
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 1405 (113) — Memorials, Academic Achievement - Avigail Laing, Valedictorian, Bearden High School -

## 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/SJR1405.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2024 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 2 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — **88–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-08** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-04-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Calendar Committee `passage`
- **2024-04-12** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-12** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 4/15/2024
- **2024-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-15** Adopted, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** Concurred, Ayes 88, Nays 1, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** SJR placed on H. consent cal. 2 for 4/16/2024
- **2024-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-02** 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/0f487dd1-3c5c-4ddf-8db9-2d25d5e3f936`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).