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type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Ashland City, 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 Ashland City; 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 development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Ashland City, 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 Ashland City; 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 development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 7"
citation: "Tennessee SB 7 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Hotel Motel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Roberts"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2018-12-06"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c09d2cdf-9545-4341-8d18-339b4535c50e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0007&GA=111"
source_hash: "0a5ded8eae31a4eb343ef6038258676f7d402d17645751aa0ec5f2987f80d18c"
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 7 (111) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Ashland City, 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 Ashland City; 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 development. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0216** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0216.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0128** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0128.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0007.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/28/2019 Passed — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 (2) — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee 3/20/2019 — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed — **854** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/27/2019 — **00** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/10/2019 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/19/2019 Passed — **80** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (1) — **00** (fail) · lower
## Sponsors
- Littleton — primary (person)
- Roberts — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2018-12-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-09** Passed on Second Consideration, Held on desk pending committee appointments
- **2019-01-19** Refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-01-23** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-28** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/12/2019
- **2019-02-06** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 2/13/2019
- **2019-02-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-12** Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee to 2/19/2019
- **2019-02-13** Meeting Canceled
- **2019-02-19** Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-19** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 3/27/2019
- **2019-03-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-28** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-28** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0128)
- **2019-04-01** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-04-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-04-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 85, Nays 4, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0216) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2019-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Pub. Ch. 282
- **2019-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/08/2019
- **2019-05-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 282
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c09d2cdf-9545-4341-8d18-339b4535c50e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).