republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-853.md

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Bill	Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the Town of Kingston Springs, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Kingston Springs; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism or economic development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.	Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the Town of Kingston Springs, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Kingston Springs; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism or economic development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	110	SB 853	Tennessee SB 853 (110)	bill	Taxes Hotel Motel	enacted	Littleton Roberts	1	41	1	2017-02-08	2017-05-11	openstates	ocd-bill/66222178-10f6-4f6d-b69e-9c828b2b4645	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0853&GA=110	edf28be368e36c9d7b823dbf899a7b1beef6355e06fc58cb53b0066d1006cbe3	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 853 (110) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the Town of Kingston Springs, by ordinance adopted by a two-thirds vote, to levy an occupancy tax of not more than 2.5 percent on the privilege of staying in any hotel or motel in Kingston Springs; the ordinance must set forth the manner of collection and administration of the privilege tax; requires that all proceeds received by the municipality from the tax be used for tourism or economic development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/11/2017 Passed (1) — 9–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Littleton — primary (person)
• Roberts — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-02-08 Filed for intro. introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Introduced, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-02-09 Filed for introduction introduction, reading-1
• 2017-02-09 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2017-02-13 Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
• 2017-02-13 P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2017-02-14 Assigned to s/c Local Government Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-03-15 Placed on s/c cal Local Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2017
• 2017-03-21 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2017-03-22 Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 3/28/2017
• 2017-03-28 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-03-29 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
• 2017-03-29 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
• 2017-03-29 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2017-04-04 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
• 2017-04-04 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
• 2017-04-05 Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
• 2017-04-05 Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/11/2017
• 2017-04-05 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
• 2017-04-05 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-11 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2017-04-11 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2017-04-12 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
• 2017-04-13 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2017
• 2017-04-17 Passed H., as am., Ayes 80, Nays 7, PNV 6 passage
• 2017-04-17 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0229) amendment-passage
• 2017-04-18 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
• 2017-04-18 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2017-04-19 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2017-04-20 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2017-04-20 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2017-04-20 Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 passage
• 2017-04-20 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0381)
• 2017-04-20 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2017-04-24 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2017-04-25 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2017-04-25 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2017-05-02 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2017-05-11 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 250
• 2017-05-11 Pub. Ch. 250
• 2017-05-11 Effective date(s) 05/02/2017

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/66222178-10f6-4f6d-b69e-9c828b2b4645. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).