---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, revises present law relative to the privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel levied by municipalities. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, revises present law relative to the privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel levied by municipalities. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 629"
citation: "Tennessee SB 629 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hotel Motel", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-31"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b15179a-4de7-43bb-a2e6-2908222dc307"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0629&ga=114"
source_hash: "afcd1f190ee731e470b1908a61f5bd8ee2eb5f7415a3ed7c0a3b9f1f9d7e82ce"
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 629 (114) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, revises present law relative to the privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy in a hotel levied by municipalities. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0390** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0390.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0298** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0298.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0629.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **82–2** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/1/2025 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/10/2025 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/18/2025
- **2025-03-18** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/25/2025
- **2025-03-25** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/1/2025
- **2025-03-26** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/1/2025
- **2025-04-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-04-07** Refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-04-07** Recalled from Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2025-04-08** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/10/2025
- **2025-04-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0298)
- **2025-04-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 82, Nays 2, PNV 7 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0390) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 372

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b15179a-4de7-43bb-a2e6-2908222dc307`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).