---
type: "Bill"
title: "Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires government-owned hotel operators to collect and remit the privilege tax on the occupancy of hotels and motels in the county. - Amends Chapter 189 of the Private Acts of 1994."
description: "Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires government-owned hotel operators to collect and remit the privilege tax on the occupancy of hotels and motels in the county. - Amends Chapter 189 of the Private Acts of 1994."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2924"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2924 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Benton County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Griffey", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2020-03-16"
last_action: "2020-07-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/71e856fd-3018-4002-987f-c580df77f976"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2924&GA=111"
source_hash: "b4ef8fe28b98e55fee23b24a00522347371579270d7cd691cd28b6091451b8cb"
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 2924 (111) — Benton County - Subject to local approval, requires government-owned hotel operators to collect and remit the privilege tax on the occupancy of hotels and motels in the county. - Amends Chapter 189 of the Private Acts of 1994.

## 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/111/Bill/SB2924.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/18/2020 6/18/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 6/18/2020 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR 3 PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/18/2020 Passed (1) — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/18/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 6/18/2020 Passed (2) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Griffey — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-03-16** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-03-17** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-03-17** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-03-18** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2020-03-18** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-03-19** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-06-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-06-18** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 6/18/2020
- **2020-06-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-06-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-06-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-06-18** Passed H., Ayes 86, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 6/18/2020
- **2020-06-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/18/2020
- **2020-06-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-18** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 6/18/2020
- **2020-06-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-06-30** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-07-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-07-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-22** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 52
- **2020-07-22** Pr. Ch. 52

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/71e856fd-3018-4002-987f-c580df77f976`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).