republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/hb-1701.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, imposes a $2.00 tax on a sexually oriented business for each customer that enters; provides for revenue being allocated to the general fund with the intent that amounts be allocated to programs for victims of sex trafficking; schedules the tax to be repealed on July 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67."
description: "Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, imposes a $2.00 tax on a sexually oriented business for each customer that enters; provides for revenue being allocated to the general fund with the intent that amounts be allocated to programs for victims of sex trafficking; schedules the tax to be repealed on July 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 1701"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1701 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Privilege"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jernigan", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 41
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97c98164-f8a8-4f6b-8e6f-57b58928fab0"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1701&GA=110"
source_hash: "7e7cf21f08e0adddd825b92f9c43febea233893e78383e12583ff6617f0f5031"
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 HB 1701 (110) — Taxes, Privilege - As enacted, imposes a $2.00 tax on a sexually oriented business for each customer that enters; provides for revenue being allocated to the general fund with the intent that amounts be allocated to programs for victims of sex trafficking; schedules the tax to be repealed on July 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 7 and Title 67.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB1701.pdf)

## Votes

- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 2/28/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/4/2018 PASSED (1) — **25–2** (fail) · upper
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/6/2018 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2018 PASSED (1) — **70–14** (fail) · lower
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2018 3/8/2018 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jernigan — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2018-01-31** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-13** Refer to Senate F,W&M Revenue Subcommittee
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate FW&M Revenue Subcommittee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-06** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee w/ recommendation `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 14, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2018-03-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0768) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-13** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-15** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/20/2018
- **2018-03-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 11, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-02** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 25, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2018-04-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0864)
- **2018-04-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-10** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 764
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 764

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/97c98164-f8a8-4f6b-8e6f-57b58928fab0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).