---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Portland to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Portland to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1438"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1438 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Hotel Motel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-04-04"
last_action: "2017-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1acfb731-bd9e-454e-8a78-d9c36dbe30cf"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1438&GA=110"
source_hash: "4b7644a3557bac0e7f278cb2ad5f170319b93477344596ae218e329b03f1d201"
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 1438 (110) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Portland to levy a privilege tax upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1438.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/25/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2017 Passed (1) — **81–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Haile — primary (person)
- Lamberth — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-04-04** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-04-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-04-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-10** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-10** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 81, Nays 4, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0526) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-08** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-08** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-23** Pub. Ch. 436
- **2017-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/17/2017
- **2017-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 436

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/1acfb731-bd9e-454e-8a78-d9c36dbe30cf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).