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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6."
+description: "Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "114"
+identifier: "HB 2186"
+citation: "Tennessee HB 2186 (114)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["General", "Local Government"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Lamberth"]
+version_count: 1
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 7
+first_action: "2026-02-02"
+last_action: "2026-05-26"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1bbb7387-9450-4f6f-9396-37725a39f912"
+source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2186&ga=114"
+source_hash: "d0beff872e480317ab2acb09fb38b88416f72f18888978fdbf9bc204de6398cb"
+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 HB 2186 (114) — Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2186.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2026 Passed (1) — **27–5** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 3/26/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — **76–16** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (5) — **19–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (3) — **24–3** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (6) — **6–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Lamberth — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
+- **2026-02-04** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2026-02-05** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-05** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-25** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
+- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026
+- **2026-03-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
+- **2026-03-11** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2026-03-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/24/2026
+- **2026-03-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
+- **2026-03-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/30/2026
+- **2026-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
+- **2026-03-30** Objected to on Consent Calendar.
+- **2026-04-06** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
+- **2026-04-06** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 16, PNV 2 `passage`
+- **2026-04-09** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2026-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2026-04-15** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
+- **2026-04-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
+- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 05/19/2026
+- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 1014
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1bbb7387-9450-4f6f-9396-37725a39f912`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
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