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HJR 300

Memorials, Recognition - Keep Tennessee Beautiful, Great American Cleanup -

114th Regular Session (2025-2026) Introduced by Greg Vital

Non-binding HJR 300 formally commends Keep Tennessee Beautiful for leading the 26th Great American Cleanup and statewide volunteer litter cleanup and recycling efforts.

Signed by Governor.
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Bill Summary · HJR 300

Summary — HJR 300 (Keep Tennessee Beautiful; Great American Cleanup)

Overview / Purpose

House Joint Resolution 300 is a ceremonial joint resolution of the Tennessee General Assembly that formally joins Keep Tennessee Beautiful in commemorating the twenty-sixth annual Great American Cleanup. The resolution recognizes and commends Keep Tennessee Beautiful for organizing statewide volunteer efforts to prevent litter, promote recycling and waste reduction, and support community greening during the Great American Cleanup campaign period (March 1, 2025 – June 22, 2025).

Key provisions

  • Officially "joins with" and commends Keep Tennessee Beautiful in commemorating the 26th annual Great American Cleanup (March 1 – June 22, 2025).
  • Details and acknowledges:
    • The Great American Cleanup as a grassroots spring-cleaning movement that mobilizes volunteers, businesses, and civic leaders.
    • National/state-level impact figures from 2024 (e.g., creation of 15,000 volunteer opportunities, volunteers picking up millions of pounds of litter, cleaning over 100,000 acres of public spaces and tens of thousands of miles of roadways and shorelines).
    • Keep Tennessee Beautiful’s role as the state affiliate of Keep America Beautiful, its placement at the University of Memphis (Center for Regional Economic Enrichment) as a community engagement program, and its grant sponsorship by the Tennessee Department of Transportation.
  • Directs that an appropriate copy of the resolution be prepared for presentation (standard ceremonial language).

Fiscal impact

  • Fiscal Note (Tennessee Fiscal Review Committee, March 20, 2025) — Impact: Not significant.
    • No expected effect on state or local government operations.
    • Any minor cost (e.g., preparing a copy of the resolution) is estimated to be not significant.

Who is affected / Impact

  • Primary beneficiaries: Keep Tennessee Beautiful, participating volunteer groups, local communities, and organizers of the Great American Cleanup (symbolic recognition and state-level endorsement).
  • No regulatory, funding, or programmatic mandates are created. State agencies are not required to change operations or provide funding.
  • The resolution is ceremonial and intended to encourage continued volunteerism and community environmental stewardship.

Legislative timeline / status

  • Filed for introduction and placed on House consent calendar: early March 2025.
  • Passed House (voice/roll-call; recorded as Adopted Ayes 92, Nays 0 on March 6, 2025).
  • Referred to Senate committees, recommended for concurrence, and placed on Senate consent calendar late March 2025.
  • Concurred by the Senate (Ayes 30, Nays 0) late March 2025.
  • Signed by legislative leaders and transmitted to the Governor in early April 2025.
  • Final recorded status: Signed by Governor / Enacted (record entries show actions through May 2025, including "Enacted" on May 14, 2025).

Practical effect / Notes

  • HJR 300 is a non-binding, honorary resolution expressing the Legislature’s support and recognition of Keep Tennessee Beautiful and the Great American Cleanup. It does not create statutory rights or obligations, appropriate funds, or change state law. Its primary function is public recognition and encouragement of community environmental volunteer efforts.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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