---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, requires comptroller to audit expenditures made from proceeds of the hotel-motel tax levied by Hamilton County; requires the recipient of the proceeds to pay the costs of the audit from the proceeds received. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14 and Chapter 444 of the Public Acts of 1983; Chapter 905 of the Public Acts of 1980 and Chapter 918 of the Public Acts of 1988."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, requires comptroller to audit expenditures made from proceeds of the hotel-motel tax levied by Hamilton County; requires the recipient of the proceeds to pay the costs of the audit from the proceeds received. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14 and Chapter 444 of the Public Acts of 1983; Chapter 905 of the Public Acts of 1980 and Chapter 918 of the Public Acts of 1988."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 735"
citation: "Tennessee HB 735 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Hotel Motel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carter", "Gardenhire"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 36
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fabee5eb-dd43-477d-8936-de650969d032"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0735&GA=110"
source_hash: "3635d70cdff6a51155c839819a278a03d67498bf71df4d3f2f6367bcbac4c490"
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 735 (110) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, requires comptroller to audit expenditures made from proceeds of the hotel-motel tax levied by Hamilton County; requires the recipient of the proceeds to pay the costs of the audit from the proceeds received. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14 and Chapter 444 of the Public Acts of 1983; Chapter 905 of the Public Acts of 1980 and Chapter 918 of the Public Acts of 1988.

## 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/HB0735.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017 4/6/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- LOCAL GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/28/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carter — primary (person)
- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action Def. in s/c Local Government Subcommittee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-27** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2017-03-27** Sponsor change.
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-13** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-13** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-13** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 170
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 170
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/24/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fabee5eb-dd43-477d-8936-de650969d032`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).