---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner to develop and implement activities, grants, and programs that foster the continued growth of tourism in this state; designates the department as the department responsible for the implementation and administration of all tourism marketing and promotion, tourism partner services, and tourism economic development projects; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-2206."
description: "Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner to develop and implement activities, grants, and programs that foster the continued growth of tourism in this state; designates the department as the department responsible for the implementation and administration of all tourism marketing and promotion, tourism partner services, and tourism economic development projects; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-2206."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2436"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2436 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Dept. of", "Tourist Development"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-04-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9008741d-668e-436c-b417-c4cfa8130ab2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2436&GA=112"
source_hash: "a80df8841c90d2bd8823c2f619c1c2d8dd496696f6b25de20c015f70ad5deba1"
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 2436 (112) — Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes the commissioner to develop and implement activities, grants, and programs that foster the continued growth of tourism in this state; designates the department as the department responsible for the implementation and administration of all tourism marketing and promotion, tourism partner services, and tourism economic development projects; makes other related revisions. - Amends TCA Section 4-3-2206.

## 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/SB2436.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee 2/22/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/24/2022 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/16/2022 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/14/2022 3/10/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/14/2022 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 2/16/2022
- **2022-02-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-02-16** Placed on s/c cal Agriculture & Natural Resources Subcommittee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/2/2022
- **2022-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-02-24** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-02-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2022-03-02** Placed on cal. Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Action def. in Agriculture & Natural Resources Committee to 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/10/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/14/2022
- **2022-03-14** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-14** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-14** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-15** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-16** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-04** Effective date(s) 03/24/2022
- **2022-04-04** Pub. Ch. 745
- **2022-04-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 745

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9008741d-668e-436c-b417-c4cfa8130ab2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).