---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourism - As enacted, adds to and revises various provisions of the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act of 1998. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 57 and Title 67."
description: "Tourism - As enacted, adds to and revises various provisions of the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act of 1998. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 57 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1861"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1861 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McDaniel", "Watson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-25"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3e351abe-27e1-4bab-84e0-c8295d7955d4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1861&GA=110"
source_hash: "97455a7bffdbf61157f693d9118fbe8c255754059b118224cfdd89b25696df10"
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 1861 (110) — Tourism - As enacted, adds to and revises various provisions of the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act of 1998. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 57 and Title 67.

## 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/SB1861.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- McDaniel — primary (person)
- Watson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-25** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2018-01-31** Assigned to s/c Business and Utilities Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-31** P2C, ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/8/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Business and Utilities Subcommittee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Business and Utilities Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-08** Refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-03-08** Recalled from Senate Energy, Ag., & Nat. Resources Committee
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Business and Utilities Committee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action def. in Business and Utilities Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-20** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-21** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-12** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1161) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0967) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-16** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1072)
- **2018-04-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0989)
- **2018-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 816
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 816
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3e351abe-27e1-4bab-84e0-c8295d7955d4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).