---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promotion of tourism; extends by six years the terms of the committee members that oversee the fund in which the additional tax is deposited. - Amends TCA Section 7-4-202."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promotion of tourism; extends by six years the terms of the committee members that oversee the fund in which the additional tax is deposited. - Amends TCA Section 7-4-202."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 734"
citation: "Tennessee SB 734 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hotel Motel", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Pody"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 22
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c3e19de-6b1f-42dd-a214-bb1970e36f11"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0734&ga=114"
source_hash: "4a327d3fc11b37145e846982a746fd862165a7d7a196d26ae3c012af7b0d1105"
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 734 (114) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, extends by six years the period in which Davidson County may charge an additional $0.50 privilege tax on the occupancy of a hotel room and in which such county may allocate the tax revenue for the purposes of direct promotion of tourism; extends by six years the terms of the committee members that oversee the fund in which the additional tax is deposited. - Amends TCA Section 7-4-202.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0734.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/24/2025 Passed (1) — **58–22** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/17/2025 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/25/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/11/2025 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2025
- **2025-02-25** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2025-03-04** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/13/2025
- **2025-03-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-03-13** Senate Reset on calendar 3-17-2025
- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-24** Passed H., Ayes 58, Nays 22, PNV 9 `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-26** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-26** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 04/03/2025
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 120

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/7c3e19de-6b1f-42dd-a214-bb1970e36f11`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).