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HJR 590

Memorials, Sports - Jaden Evans, state wrestling champion -

114th Regular Session (2025-2026) Introduced by Kelly Keisling

Honors Jaden Evans for winning the 2025 TSSAA girls' wrestling 120-pound state title (back-to-back with 2024 107-pound), recognizing athletic excellence and character.

Signed by Governor.
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Bill Summary · HJR 590

Summary of HJR 590 (Memorials, Sports — Jaden Evans, state wrestling champion)

Overview

House Joint Resolution 590 is a ceremonial memorial recognizing Jaden Evans for winning the 2025 Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) girls’ wrestling championship in the 120-pound weight class. The bill notes her status as a back-to-back state champion (also winning the 2024 title in the 107-pound class), highlights her undefeated season and tournament success, and offers public honor and best wishes for her future.

What the bill does

  • Officially honors and congratulates Jaden Evans, a senior at Alvin C. York Institute, for winning the 2025 state championship in the 120-pound division.
  • Acknowledges Evans’s prior state title (2024, 107-pound) and overall dominance (six varsity tournaments won, undefeated entering postseason).
  • Provides a narrative of Evans’s path through the state meet, including early pins, a major decision, and the final championship pin at 5:43, after defeating the opponent who had previously defeated her.
  • States that an appropriate copy of the resolution be prepared for presentation. The copy text includes a standard closing clause with a note that the language following the State seal should appear without House or Senate designation.
  • Declares the act to be a memorial, with the Senate concurring, and emphasizes recognition of athletic excellence and character.

Key provisions and changes

  • Content is ceremonial: no new policy, funding, or regulatory changes. The bill serves as a formal commendation.
  • Form and presentation: specifies how the memorial copy should appear and be presented, including formatting for the state seal clause.
  • Recognition scope: focuses on Evans’s athletic achievements, character, and contribution to Tennessee athletics.

Who is affected

  • Primary: Jaden Evans and her family.
  • Secondary: Alvin C. York Institute, TSSAA and the broader Tennessee athletics community, and students/athletes inspired by Evans’s accomplishments.

Procedural/timeline highlights

  • Introduced: April 7, 2025 (sponsor: Keisling).
  • Early actions: placed on House consent calendar; engrossed and adopted in the House on April 9, 2025.
  • Senate actions: sponsor added (April 14); concurrence in the Senate on April 14, 2025.
  • Enrollment and signatures: enrolled and ready for Speaker’s signature (April 15); Speaker (House) and Senate leadership signed (April 15–16).
  • Transmission to Governor: April 21, 2025.
  • Governor’s action: Signed into law on April 24, 2025.

Bottom line

HJR 590 is a ceremonial joint resolution honoring Jaden Evans for her 2025 state wrestling championship and her back-to-back titles, recognizing her athletic achievement and character, and outlining the formal process for presenting an official copy of the resolution.

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

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