---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes, in a county with a metropolitan government that has imposed a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel of each transient, such metropolitan government to, upon approval by ordinance of the metropolitan council, impose an additional privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel of each transient in an amount up to 1 percent of the consideration charged by the operator; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 67."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes, in a county with a metropolitan government that has imposed a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel of each transient, such metropolitan government to, upon approval by ordinance of the metropolitan council, impose an additional privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel of each transient in an amount up to 1 percent of the consideration charged by the operator; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 421"
citation: "Tennessee SB 421 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hotel Motel", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Beck", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 52
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/75ffff58-b789-4605-92bd-78eb38e239e9"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0421&GA=112"
source_hash: "6f9b3a3f31353c3d060de889ce02c4c2622325c49726296e8db8f2dc3f37c9ac"
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 421 (112) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes, in a county with a metropolitan government that has imposed a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel of each transient, such metropolitan government to, upon approval by ordinance of the metropolitan council, impose an additional privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel of each transient in an amount up to 1 percent of the consideration charged by the operator; enacts other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0938** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0938.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0958** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0958.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0421.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/26/2022 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed — **79–15** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed (1) — **62–26** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022 4/20/2022 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/27/2022 Passed — **30–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/13/2022 Passed — **10–3** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Failed — **60–34** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/19/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Beck — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-20** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-23** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Revenue Subcommittee
- **2022-03-08** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/ negative recommendation
- **2022-03-30** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/5/2022
- **2022-03-30** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-31** Sponsor change.
- **2022-04-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-05** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/12/2022
- **2022-04-06** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-06** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/13/2022
- **2022-04-12** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-14** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/25/2022
- **2022-04-25** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. Cal. 4-26-22
- **2022-04-25** Reset on cal. for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2022-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-27** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-04-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0958)
- **2022-04-27** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-04-27** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 62, Nays 26, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0938) `amendment-passage`
- **2022-05-02** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1046
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 5/25/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1046

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/75ffff58-b789-4605-92bd-78eb38e239e9`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).