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---
type: "Bill"
title: "Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to add certain COVID-19 treatments and anthrax vaccinations as pre-qualifying for care under the PACT Act. -"
description: "Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to add certain COVID-19 treatments and anthrax vaccinations as pre-qualifying for care under the PACT Act. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HJR 98"
citation: "Tennessee HJR 98 (114)"
classification: ["joint resolution"]
subjects: ["Congress", "Memorials"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Fritts"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 26
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2025-05-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c250497d-4a05-4c21-9569-48c16b980ed2"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HJR0098&ga=114"
source_hash: "98a868f07a8da5ee07ccfaa4d48dad2997d948cd0c6dceb90a30f11f2eb818f6"
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 98 (114) — Memorials, Congress - Urges Congress to require the Department of Veterans Affairs to add certain COVID-19 treatments and anthrax vaccinations as pre-qualifying for care under the PACT Act. -
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0084** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0084.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HJR0098.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED MOTION TO ADOPT 3/17/2025 Passed — **78–14** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025 3/13/2025 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2025 Passed (2) — **16–6** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for concurrence by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee 4/15/2025 Passed (2) — **7–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PUBLIC SERVICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/5/2025 Passed (3) — **4–1** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Fritts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-05** Assigned to s/c Public Service Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-05** Intro., ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Public Service Subcommittee for 3/5/2025
- **2025-03-05** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-12** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Adopted as am., Ayes 78, Nays 14, PNV 0
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0084) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-03-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Received from House, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee `introduction`
- **2025-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-10** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-15** Recommended for concurrence by Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee, refer Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-21** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-28** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** 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/c250497d-4a05-4c21-9569-48c16b980ed2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).