---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Hendersonville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.75 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Hendersonville; requires the ordinance to set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Hendersonville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.75 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Hendersonville; requires the ordinance to set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2636"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2636 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Hotel Motel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haile", "Lamberth"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2018-02-01"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/07dc33a3-c55a-41df-a3b9-fbcc35a0b577"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2636&GA=110"
source_hash: "939020ac1b8b51aea0b906d18e87c0401c2ff2e8d483ea9e91f50a881dc250a4"
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 2636 (110) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Hendersonville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.75 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Hendersonville; requires the ordinance to set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

## 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/HB2636.pdf)

## Votes

- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 2/21/2018 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/4/2018 PASSED (1) — **31–0** (fail) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018 3/15/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/27/2018 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/7/2018 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED (1) — **89–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/13/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

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

## Timeline

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

- **2018-02-01** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-07** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-07** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-03-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-04-02** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 781
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/19/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 781

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/07dc33a3-c55a-41df-a3b9-fbcc35a0b577`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).