---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Farragut, by a two-thirds vote of its governing body, to levy a privilege tax not to exceed 4 percent upon the privilege of occupancy. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Farragut, by a two-thirds vote of its governing body, to levy a privilege tax not to exceed 4 percent upon the privilege of occupancy. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1503"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1503 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Hotel Motel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Zachary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dbf52966-c302-4dae-a2e4-1849e40841dd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1503&GA=110"
source_hash: "bf4bfeabc4fd65e6206d11fc9691b33a515d9b0484c4f3a1ff270cd4d48fb346"
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 1503 (110) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Farragut, by a two-thirds vote of its governing body, to levy a privilege tax not to exceed 4 percent upon the privilege of occupancy. - 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/SB1503.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/22/2018 PASSED — **90–3** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 1/23/2018 Passed — **7–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/8/2018 PASSED — **30–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-01-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 1/23/2018
- **2018-01-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. S&L Govt. Comm. 1/23/2018
- **2018-01-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-01-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-01-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/1/2018
- **2018-02-01** Senate Reset on calendar for 2/8/2018
- **2018-02-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 2/8/2018
- **2018-02-08** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-02-08** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-02-12** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **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
- **2018-03-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-03-22** Passed H., Ayes 90, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-03-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-04-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 700
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/12/2018
- **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 700

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dbf52966-c302-4dae-a2e4-1849e40841dd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).