---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County - Subject to local approval, transfers the function of budgeting and fiscal matters regarding the hotel tax from the tourist commission to the economic development council; reallocates the distribution of proceeds received from such tax. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1979; as amended."
description: "Montgomery County - Subject to local approval, transfers the function of budgeting and fiscal matters regarding the hotel tax from the tourist commission to the economic development council; reallocates the distribution of proceeds received from such tax. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1979; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1622"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1622 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Montgomery County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson C", "Powers"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 24
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-04-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/39fadb2e-9658-446c-80f3-a8280ec84c17"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1622&GA=112"
source_hash: "67e4a7cc0bc660f9c4f348c4122ff5c0e3028b742ece7a1a88139a704cdab7f7"
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 1622 (112) — Montgomery County - Subject to local approval, transfers the function of budgeting and fiscal matters regarding the hotel tax from the tourist commission to the economic development council; reallocates the distribution of proceeds received from such tax. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1979; as amended.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1622.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/1/2021 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021 3/25/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/23/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/29/2021 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson C — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-17** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/25/2021
- **2021-03-25** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/29/2021
- **2021-03-29** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-30** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/1/2021
- **2021-03-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-01** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-01** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-07** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-08** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-30** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 9
- **2021-04-30** Pr. Ch. 9

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/39fadb2e-9658-446c-80f3-a8280ec84c17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).