---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bedford County - Subject to local approval, enacts a hotel/motel tax. -"
description: "Bedford County - Subject to local approval, enacts a hotel/motel tax. -"
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1645"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1645 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Bedford County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Marsh", "Reeves"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 27
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-01-16"
last_action: "2020-04-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/509d2081-2ccb-43cf-80e1-f4eb3cc6faf5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1645&GA=111"
source_hash: "7fe73326d71d79443437a1dff03b28573e295039461b383388f02c0cf9da9ced"
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 1645 (111) — Bedford County - Subject to local approval, enacts a hotel/motel tax. -

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0596** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0596.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1645.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/9/2020 Passed (1) — **76–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020 3/5/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/16/2020 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/16/2020 Passed — **27–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Marsh — primary (person)
- Reeves — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-16** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2020-01-23** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-25** Action def. in Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee to 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-03-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/9/2020
- **2020-03-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 76, Nays 8, PNV 10 `passage`
- **2020-03-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0596) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-03-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-03-13** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/16/2020
- **2020-03-16** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-03-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-03-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-03-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-04-06** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 37
- **2020-04-06** Pr. Ch. 37

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/509d2081-2ccb-43cf-80e1-f4eb3cc6faf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).