---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Death - Margaret Southerland -"
description: "Memorials, Death - Margaret Southerland -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SJR 131"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 131 (114)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Death", "Memorials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Seal"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-02-10"
last_action: "2025-03-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e356dfbe-2c68-4f28-89c4-96c0362fe1f8"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SJR0131&ga=114"
source_hash: "e69a535f137f508695e7f4e803ed4fe4b707bee2f1f760f6995da4b5cac59855"
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 131 (114) — Memorials, Death - Margaret Southerland -

## 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/SJR0131.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Seal — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-10** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-12** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Calendar Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar for 2/20/2025
- **2025-02-20** SJR placed on H. consent cal. for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-20** Adopted, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-02-24** Concurred, Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-02-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-02-27** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-02-28** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-04** 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/e356dfbe-2c68-4f28-89c4-96c0362fe1f8`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).