---
type: "Bill"
title: "Henderson County - Subject to local approval, increases the rate of the occupancy tax from 5 percent to 7 percent; changes the distribution and use of the tax revenue. - Amends Chapter 98 of the Private Acts of 1983; as amended."
description: "Henderson County - Subject to local approval, increases the rate of the occupancy tax from 5 percent to 7 percent; changes the distribution and use of the tax revenue. - Amends Chapter 98 of the Private Acts of 1983; as amended."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1621"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1621 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Henderson County"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Haston", "Walley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 25
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2021-02-23"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d6ae859a-bf41-4cdf-935b-b0a3772c6821"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1621&GA=112"
source_hash: "a2b4035dd8d04f5711dd07fa69f83e3b94dbf0084661d3698454343dab58e7f1"
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 1621 (112) — Henderson County - Subject to local approval, increases the rate of the occupancy tax from 5 percent to 7 percent; changes the distribution and use of the tax revenue. - Amends Chapter 98 of the Private Acts of 1983; as amended.

## 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/112/Bill/SB1621.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021 4/15/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/9/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/19/2021 Passed (1) — **75–9** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/15/2021 Passed (1) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Haston — primary (person)
- Walley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P1C.
- **2021-03-01** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2021-03-01** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-15** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2021
- **2021-04-19** Passed H., Ayes 79, Nays 9, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2021-04-19** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-04-19** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Pr. Ch. 12
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 12

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d6ae859a-bf41-4cdf-935b-b0a3772c6821`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).