---
type: "Bill"
title: "Obion County - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the proceeds from the hotel/motel taxes in Obion County that currently go to Reelfoot Lake Tourism shall now be deposited in the general fund. - Amends Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1991."
description: "Obion County - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the proceeds from the hotel/motel taxes in Obion County that currently go to Reelfoot Lake Tourism shall now be deposited in the general fund. - Amends Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1991."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1653"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1653 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Obion County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Sanderson", "Stevens"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 26
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7a945ebb-ee50-42c4-bd41-4087b57c4bc2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1653&GA=110"
source_hash: "0eaad83e2056692836e4613c2d2f0f3e51bec28df4877548d43673a874c26c17"
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 1653 (110) — Obion County - Subject to local approval, clarifies that the proceeds from the hotel/motel taxes in Obion County that currently go to Reelfoot Lake Tourism shall now be deposited in the general fund. - Amends Chapter 133 of the Private Acts of 1991.

## 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/SB1653.pdf)

## Sponsors

- Sanderson — primary (person)
- Stevens — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local bill
- **2018-01-31** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** Intro. `introduction`
- **2018-02-05** P1C.
- **2018-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 87, Nays 2, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0941) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-03** Placed on Senate Local Bill Calendar calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-03** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-05** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-05** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-05** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-06** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-09** Signed by 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** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 42
- **2018-04-23** Pr. Ch. 42

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7a945ebb-ee50-42c4-bd41-4087b57c4bc2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).