---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes Coffee County to levy a privilege tax of up to 2.5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes Coffee County to levy a privilege tax of up to 2.5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 567"
citation: "Tennessee SB 567 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Hotel Motel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Bricken"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f8f7594-d214-4240-954b-251cd56a2df7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0567&GA=111"
source_hash: "0e00250c7e977c5961a4fd7c20c3ef3273ef373869c1962f0143809ac4eef243"
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 567 (111) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes Coffee County to levy a privilege tax of up to 2.5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0139** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0139.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0156** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0156.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0567.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/15/2019 Passed (1) — **78–10** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/26/2019 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/20/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019 4/11/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/1/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/13/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Bricken — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-12** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/1/2019
- **2019-04-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-01** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0156)
- **2019-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2019
- **2019-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Passed H., Ayes 78, Nays 10, PNV 7 `passage`
- **2019-04-15** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0139) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-15** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-15** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-17** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-01** Pub. Ch. 198
- **2019-05-01** Effective date(s) 04/25/2019
- **2019-05-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 198

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f8f7594-d214-4240-954b-251cd56a2df7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).