---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Cookeville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 3 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Cookeville; requires the ordinance to set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism and economic development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Cookeville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 3 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Cookeville; requires the ordinance to set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism and economic development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1509"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1509 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Hotel Motel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Williams"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-12"
last_action: "2019-05-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/61195bd4-c246-4add-b66e-17903ae71297"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1509&GA=111"
source_hash: "543e71fcfc5d57d66c8680d32ff382151a54d0d115c158aec96383bf5325c176"
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 1509 (111) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Cookeville, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 3 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Cookeville; requires the ordinance to set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism and economic development. - 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/111/Bill/SB1509.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (2) — **93–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2019 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/20/2019 (7) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/25/2019 Passed (2) — **33–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Williams — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-12** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-18** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-18** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-21** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-25** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-25** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-25** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-25** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-29** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-01** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-02** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-10** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 348
- **2019-05-15** Pub. Ch. 348
- **2019-05-15** Effective date(s) 05/10/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/61195bd4-c246-4add-b66e-17903ae71297`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).