---
type: "Bill"
title: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Designates the period of July 1, 2025, through July 31, 2025, as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee and seeks God’s hand of mercy and healing on Tennessee. -"
description: "General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Designates the period of July 1, 2025, through July 31, 2025, as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee and seeks God’s hand of mercy and healing on Tennessee. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HJR 51"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 51 (114)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["General Assembly", "Statement of Intent or Position"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fritts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-01-17"
last_action: "2025-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/15f3ef03-48a3-4cc1-a4ce-bedef170166f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HJR0051&ga=114"
source_hash: "0698f8eb493958b6ea99aa27999621dea161e8123ef5d6270f172e488ecb99d4"
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 51 (114) — General Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Designates the period of July 1, 2025, through July 31, 2025, as a time of prayer and fasting in Tennessee and seeks God’s hand of mercy and 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://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HJR0051.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025 3/13/2025 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT 3/17/2025 Passed — **81–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2025 Passed (2) — **19–4** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for concurrence by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 4/21/2025 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE NAMING & DESIGNATING COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee 2/24/2025 Passed (3) — **8–2** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur 4/22/2025 Passed — **28–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Fritts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-17** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-27** Intro., ref. to Naming & Designating Committee - State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-29** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-01-30** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-06** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-19** Placed on cal. Naming & Designating Committee for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-24** Rec. for pass; ref to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-05** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-14** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** Adopted, Ayes 81, Nays 8, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-20** Received from House, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `introduction`
- **2025-04-16** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-16** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2025-04-16** Recalled from Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-21** Recommended for concurrence by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 28, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2025-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-28** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-02** 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/15f3ef03-48a3-4cc1-a4ce-bedef170166f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).