republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/114/hb-2186.md

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Bill	Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.	Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	114	HB 2186	Tennessee HB 2186 (114)	bill	General Local Government	enacted	Lamberth	1	29	7	2026-02-02	2026-05-26	openstates	ocd-bill/1bbb7387-9450-4f6f-9396-37725a39f912	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB2186&ga=114	d0beff872e480317ab2acb09fb38b88416f72f18888978fdbf9bc204de6398cb	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee HB 2186 (114) — Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

Version chain

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

1. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2026 Passed (1) — 27–5 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar 3/26/2026 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/18/2026 Passed (4) — 11–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/6/2026 Passed (1) — 76–16 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/11/2026 Passed (5) — 19–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/24/2026 Passed (3) — 24–3 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/4/2026 Passed (6) — 6–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Lamberth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2026-02-02 Filed for introduction filing
• 2026-02-04 Intro., P1C. introduction
• 2026-02-05 Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-02-05 P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee referral-committee
• 2026-02-25 Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 3/4/2026
• 2026-03-04 Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026
• 2026-03-04 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-11 Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/18/2026
• 2026-03-11 Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2026-03-11 Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-18 Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/24/2026
• 2026-03-18 Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-24 Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2026-03-25 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/26/2026
• 2026-03-26 H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/30/2026
• 2026-03-30 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/6/2026
• 2026-03-30 Objected to on Consent Calendar.
• 2026-04-06 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. receipt
• 2026-04-06 Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 16, PNV 2 passage
• 2026-04-09 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2026-04-15 Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 5, PNV 1 passage
• 2026-04-15 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. substitution
• 2026-04-20 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. enrolled
• 2026-04-30 Signed by H. Speaker passage
• 2026-05-05 Signed by Senate Speaker passage
• 2026-05-07 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2026-05-19 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2026-05-26 Effective date(s) 05/19/2026
• 2026-05-26 Pub. Ch. 1014

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/1bbb7387-9450-4f6f-9396-37725a39f912. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).