---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, allocates certain revenue from state and local sales taxes to pay for capital projects and debt service associated with a sports facility of a major league professional football franchise. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6."
description: "Taxes, Sales - As enacted, allocates certain revenue from state and local sales taxes to pay for capital projects and debt service associated with a sports facility of a major league professional football franchise. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 1437"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1437 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Sales", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hicks G", "Johnson"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 50
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5ffd455e-798c-4dec-a4dc-ec0edf2eb75a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1437&GA=112"
source_hash: "3ae3fd05fd8c5d989a03825cb17d6a52342392678c3029068edd6a4a0c27dd69"
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 HB 1437 (112) — Taxes, Sales - As enacted, allocates certain revenue from state and local sales taxes to pay for capital projects and debt service associated with a sports facility of a major league professional football franchise. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0405.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0403** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0403.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB1437.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021 4/26/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — **75–10** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/29/2021 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Hicks G — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-23** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Revenue Subcommittee
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-16** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-22** Ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/ recommendation, as amended `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to Sports Facilities Calendar
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-27** Passed H., as am., Ayes 75, Nays 10, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0405) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/29/2021
- **2021-04-28** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-29** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2021-04-29** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0403)
- **2021-04-29** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-29** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-30** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 401
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 401

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5ffd455e-798c-4dec-a4dc-ec0edf2eb75a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).