---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of McMinnville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in McMinnville; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends amend TCA Section 67-4-1425."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of McMinnville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in McMinnville; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends amend TCA Section 67-4-1425."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 389"
citation: "Tennessee SB 389 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Hotel Motel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Sherrell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3b544f9b-a1f4-42c0-badf-6f19fc978d95"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0389&GA=110"
source_hash: "279b64e6903408b85d13812603b3116a3126f686ab5267261dd33fb8e9327b93"
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 389 (110) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of McMinnville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in McMinnville; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends amend TCA Section 67-4-1425.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB0389.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2017 Passed (1) — **86–6** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/3/2017 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/28/2017 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/7/2017 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Sherrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0076)
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 6, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0122) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-13** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 165
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 165

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3b544f9b-a1f4-42c0-badf-6f19fc978d95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).