---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Death - Wester Doyle \"Bud\" Chapman -"
description: "Memorials, Death - Wester Doyle \"Bud\" Chapman -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SJR 489"
citation: "Tennessee SJR 489 (110)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Memorials", "Death"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-02-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/69d83530-9730-41ef-ba4d-c2949baad573"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SJR0489&GA=110"
source_hash: "2d7b9c0f9aadc0206755dd571ffb853ebaebc792c9ce15da51539219f9e1cbb2"
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 489 (110) — Memorials, Death - Wester Doyle "Bud" Chapman -

## 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/110/Bill/SJR0489.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 1/29/2018 PASSED (1) — **97–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: 1/24/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-01-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar calendar for 1/24/2018
- **2018-01-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-01-24** Adopted, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-01-25** SJR placed on H. consent cal. for for 1-29-18
- **2018-01-29** Concurred, Ayes 97, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-01-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-01-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-01-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-01-31** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-02-01** 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/69d83530-9730-41ef-ba4d-c2949baad573`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).