<BillNo> <Sponsor> SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 356 By Briggs SJR0356 006490 - 1 - A RESOLUTION to commend Malik Abdullah, Speaker of the House of the 2025 Intern Mock Session. WHEREAS, each legislative session, we are pleased to welcome a select group of students who commit themselves, through their adroit service, to the betterment of the legislative process as legislative interns; and WHEREAS, annually, during each session of the General Assembly, the intern class holds a mock legislative session and elects from among their membership a governor, a lieutenant governor, a speaker of the house, a majority leader, and a minority leader; and WHEREAS, Malik Abdullah, a student at Tennessee State University, was elected Speaker of the House of the 2025 Intern Mock Session for the first regular session of the 114 th Tennessee General Assembly; and WHEREAS, during this legislative session, Mr. Abdullah has served with distinction in his role as a legislative intern for Representative Antonio Parkinson; and WHEREAS, Malik Abdullah's commitment to excellence is clearly deserving of the respect, admiration, and commendation of this General Assembly; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES CONCURRING, that we hereby honor Malik Abdullah on his election as Speaker of the House of the 2025 Intern Mock Session and extend to him our best wishes for every future success. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy and upon proper request made to - 2 - 006490 the appropriate clerk, the language appearing immediately following the State seal appear without House or Senate designation.