Tommy Jacques, commended
This bill formally commends Tommy Jacques, a Madison City Schools bus driver, for his heroic actions in saving a sick child's life during a school bus route on November 18, 2025. The resolution recognizes Jacques for his quick response, including stopping the bus, calling emergency services, and providing first aid until paramedics arrived, resulting in the child's full recovery. This is a ceremonial resolution that honors Jacques' professionalism and lifesaving efforts without changing any laws or policies.
Bill status
signed
all 3 stages cleared
Introduction
Mar 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Mar 5, 2026
Signed Apr 21, 2026
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Apr 21, 2026
MINOR
The bill has progressed from its initial introduction to its final enrolled version, ready for signing into law. The primary changes are technical and procedural, including the update of the bill identifier from MS7LNWH-1 to MS7LNWH-2, the addition of official signatures and certification blocks for the Senate and House, and the removal of draft metadata. The substantive text of the resolution, which commends a specific individual named Tommy, remains unchanged.
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The bill identifier was updated from MS7LNWH-1 to MS7LNWH-2 to reflect its final enrolled status.
Official signature lines for the Senate President, House Speaker, and certification blocks were added to finalize the document.
Draft metadata, including page headers indicating 'Introduced' and internal tracking codes, were removed to produce the clean final version.
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Actions timeline
Total actions
10
Key actions
4
Committee
4
Amendments
1
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported from Rules (Rules)
lower
Mar 11, 2026
Lower · Passed
Reported Out of Committee Second House
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Pending Committee Action in Second House (Rules)
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Committee
Received in the House and referred to the House committee on Rules
lower
Mar 5, 2026
Upper · Passed
Butler motion to Adopt - Adopted Voice Vote
upper
0 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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