---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Death - Pope Francis -"
description: "Memorials, Death - Pope Francis -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HJR 689"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 689 (114)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Death", "Memorials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bulso"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 13
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2025-04-21"
last_action: "2025-05-07"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bfc8f67a-acf3-4f3b-bbe4-efbba6ab738b"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HJR0689&ga=114"
source_hash: "2dfef867e3c3d2167accf9d19774f57c72d754d4a8f37b261e4cac603234f4e6"
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 689 (114) — Memorials, Death - Pope Francis -

## 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/HJR0689.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bulso — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** R/S Intro., adopted v.v. `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-21** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-04-22** Concurred, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 3 for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Calendar Committee `referral-committee`
- **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`
- **2025-05-07** 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/bfc8f67a-acf3-4f3b-bbe4-efbba6ab738b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).