---
type: "Bill"
title: "Montgomery County - Subject to local approval, increases, from 5 percent to 8 percent, the tax on the privilege of occupancy of hotels and motels; alters the allocation of revenue raised from the privilege tax. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1979; as amended."
description: "Montgomery County - Subject to local approval, increases, from 5 percent to 8 percent, the tax on the privilege of occupancy of hotels and motels; alters the allocation of revenue raised from the privilege tax. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1979; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 2710"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2710 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Montgomery County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Green", "Pitts"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-03-15"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/95e836f0-b164-4454-9170-2375c3413952"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2710&GA=110"
source_hash: "7f8de4ce7e63a7acef9aa82b19b005c80619757495168d14c8957ee178ab2b4a"
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 2710 (110) — Montgomery County - Subject to local approval, increases, from 5 percent to 8 percent, the tax on the privilege of occupancy of hotels and motels; alters the allocation of revenue raised from the privilege tax. - Amends Chapter 167 of the Private Acts of 1979; as amended.

## 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/HB2710.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018 4/5/2018 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/3/2018 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Green — primary (person)
- Pitts — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-03-15** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-19** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-03-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-03-22** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-26** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bills
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-11** Reset on cal. for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 89, Nays 5, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-12** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-26** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 57
- **2018-05-04** Pr. Ch. 57

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/95e836f0-b164-4454-9170-2375c3413952`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).