---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes - As enacted, makes changes relative to the \"Local Tourism Development Zone Business Tax Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 67."
description: "Taxes - As enacted, makes changes relative to the \"Local Tourism Development Zone Business Tax Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2244"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2244 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Farmer"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2024-01-29"
last_action: "2024-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/caf35f84-c1ae-4c29-87ff-b5cbc4ced0ce"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2244&GA=113"
source_hash: "2943d543c8e142910038bbc781b3ed1385730b956df1944ce4d7643097644165"
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 HB 2244 (113) — Taxes - As enacted, makes changes relative to the "Local Tourism Development Zone Business Tax Act." - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 9 and Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0822** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0822.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0894** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0894.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2244.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/3/2024 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (2) — **77–16** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2024 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2024 4/11/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/18/2024 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/20/2024 (7) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/26/2024 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Farmer — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-29** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-01** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2024-03-11** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-11** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-11** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-03-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2024
- **2024-04-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/9/2024
- **2024-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2024
- **2024-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2024
- **2024-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0822) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-04-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0894)
- **2024-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-24** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/03/2024
- **2024-05-13** Pub. Ch. 912

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/caf35f84-c1ae-4c29-87ff-b5cbc4ced0ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).