---
type: "Bill"
title: "Clay County - Subject to local approval, increases the hotel-motel tax rate from 2.5 percent to 4 percent. - Amends Chapter 25 of the Private Acts of 2009."
description: "Clay County - Subject to local approval, increases the hotel-motel tax rate from 2.5 percent to 4 percent. - Amends Chapter 25 of the Private Acts of 2009."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 2939"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2939 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Clay County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 15
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-02-07"
last_action: "2024-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/692c3ed9-921b-4bad-8716-d710519f5a8b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2939&GA=113"
source_hash: "557047036647b130fa1cf449ec41410515842fbf4f0cc37d23fb787b0ba6bae0"
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 2939 (113) — Clay County - Subject to local approval, increases the hotel-motel tax rate from 2.5 percent to 4 percent. - Amends Chapter 25 of the Private Acts of 2009.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2939.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/11/2024 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/28/2024 Passed (1) — **70–9** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-02-07** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill `passage`
- **2024-03-08** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 3/11/2024
- **2024-03-11** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-03-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2024-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-03-28** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 9, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2024-03-28** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-01** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-01** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-04-02** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-04-17** Pr. Ch. 43

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/692c3ed9-921b-4bad-8716-d710519f5a8b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).