---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourism - As enacted, revises provisions and specifies application of the Local Tourism Development Zone Business Tax Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 30."
description: "Tourism - As enacted, revises provisions and specifies application of the Local Tourism Development Zone Business Tax Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 30."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2826"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2826 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Akbari", "White"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 41
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-30"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/693a64fb-e3fc-497b-8166-5787b42aaf15"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2826&GA=111"
source_hash: "23181a1702f26518e39bb4bb20f894a3a465653fcb54d1870f1b936ea2d889dc"
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 2826 (111) — Tourism - As enacted, revises provisions and specifies application of the Local Tourism Development Zone Business Tax Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 88, Part 1 and Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 30.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0812** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0812.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0865** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0865.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0681** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0681.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2826.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020 6/4/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/10/2020 Passed (1) — **72–8** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/10/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 6/2/2020 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 6/4/2020 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/3/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Akbari — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-03** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-03-03** Action Def. in s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee to 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-10** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-10** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/18/2020
- **2020-03-17** Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2020-03-18** Meeting Canceled
- **2020-05-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 6/2/2020
- **2020-05-27** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 6/3/2020
- **2020-06-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-06-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2020-06-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0681)
- **2020-06-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-08** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-06-10** Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 8, PNV 9 `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0865) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-10** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0812) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2020-06-10** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-10** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-06-12** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 752
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 752

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/693a64fb-e3fc-497b-8166-5787b42aaf15`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).