---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, revises certain provisions of the Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40."
description: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, revises certain provisions of the Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 537"
citation: "Tennessee SB 537 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Sales"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Lundberg"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 58
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-02-04"
last_action: "2019-06-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c6a83509-ee25-4537-b8c6-77b2ee784463"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0537&GA=111"
source_hash: "9a9c103fd122ce8569b40be26c6b6126faf49b4828c27cf26d9199b551e61c56"
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 537 (111) — Taxes, Sales - As enacted, revises certain provisions of the Border Region Retail Tourism Development District Act. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 40.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0217** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0217.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0537.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/24/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019 4/29/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/24/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 5/2/2019 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/20/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hulsey — primary (person)
- Lundberg — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-12** Refer to Senate F,W&M Revenue Subcommittee
- **2019-02-13** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Action deferred in Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-19** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/ negative recommendation
- **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. if am., 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 s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed behind the budget
- **2019-04-18** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/23/2019
- **2019-04-23** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-23** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-24** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-25** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/25/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/29/2019
- **2019-04-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/1/2019
- **2019-04-30** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-30** Passed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0217) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-01** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 5/2/19
- **2019-05-01** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-05-02** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/2/2019
- **2019-05-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-05-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-02** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-23** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-06-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-06-06** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 511
- **2019-06-06** Pub. Ch. 511
- **2019-06-06** Effective date(s) 06/03/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c6a83509-ee25-4537-b8c6-77b2ee784463`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).