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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Henderson County - Subject to local approval, increases the rate of the occupancy tax from 5 percent to 7 percent; changes the distribution and use of the tax revenue. - Amends Chapter 98 of the Private Acts of 1983; as amended."
+description: "Henderson County - Subject to local approval, increases the rate of the occupancy tax from 5 percent to 7 percent; changes the distribution and use of the tax revenue. - Amends Chapter 98 of the Private Acts of 1983; as amended."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "112"
+identifier: "SB 1621"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 1621 (112)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Henderson County"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Haston", "Walley"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 25
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2021-02-23"
+last_action: "2021-05-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6ae859a-bf41-4cdf-935b-b0a3772c6821"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1621&GA=112"
+source_hash: "a2b4035dd8d04f5711dd07fa69f83e3b94dbf0084661d3698454343dab58e7f1"
+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 SB 1621 (112) — Henderson County - Subject to local approval, increases the rate of the occupancy tax from 5 percent to 7 percent; changes the distribution and use of the tax revenue. - Amends Chapter 98 of the Private Acts of 1983; as amended.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1621.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **75–9** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Haston — primary (person)
+- Walley — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-24** Intro. `introduction`
+- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
+- **2021-02-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2021-02-25** P1C.
+- **2021-03-01** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
+- **2021-03-01** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/9/2021
+- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/15/2021
+- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
+- **2021-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
+- **2021-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
+- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
+- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 9, PNV 5 `passage`
+- **2021-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
+- **2021-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
+- **2021-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
+- **2021-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
+- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
+- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 12
+- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 12
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6ae859a-bf41-4cdf-935b-b0a3772c6821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+