republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-1511.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Lebanon - Subject to local approval, increases from 2 percent to 5 percent the privilege tax that may be levied on the occupancy by a transient of a hotel in Lebanon, subject to a two-thirds vote of the Lebanon city council approving the increase. - Amends Chapter 208 of the Private Acts of 1980."
description: "Lebanon - Subject to local approval, increases from 2 percent to 5 percent the privilege tax that may be levied on the occupancy by a transient of a hotel in Lebanon, subject to a two-thirds vote of the Lebanon city council approving the increase. - Amends Chapter 208 of the Private Acts of 1980."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1511"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1511 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Lebanon"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Boyd", "Pody"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2019-03-12"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9799c9ba-6c3c-463d-86ea-a69b9c719e3e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1511&GA=111"
source_hash: "f957714a0bfa938053af8ffa47faa61bb60955fcb44f127855cad4b44e4b6341"
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 1511 (111) — Lebanon - Subject to local approval, increases from 2 percent to 5 percent the privilege tax that may be levied on the occupancy by a transient of a hotel in Lebanon, subject to a two-thirds vote of the Lebanon city council approving the increase. - Amends Chapter 208 of the Private Acts of 1980.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0317** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0317.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0429** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0429.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1511.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE NAMING, DESIGNATING, & PRIVATE ACTS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/2/2019 Passed (4) — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Table Motion to Adopt Amend# 1 by Pody 4/17/2019 Passed (3) — **21–8** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/10/2019 Passed (2) — **84–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 5/2/2019 Passed (1) — **73–4** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/1/2019 Passed (2) — **31–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Boyd — primary (person)
- Pody — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-03-12** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-12** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-03-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-18** P2C, ref. to Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-18** Passed on Second Consideration, held on desk. Local Bill
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Naming, Designating, & Private Acts Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-10** Passed H., Ayes 84, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2019-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-12** Placed on Senate Local Calendar for 4/15/2019
- **2019-04-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-15** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm.
- **2019-04-17** Amendment tabled (Amendment 1 - SA0317) `amendment-deferral`
- **2019-04-17** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-17** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-04-30** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/1/2019
- **2019-05-01** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-05-01** Senate adopted Amendment #2 (SA0429)
- **2019-05-02** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 29, Nays 0
- **2019-05-02** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 73, Nays 4 PNV 1
- **2019-05-02** Conference Committee appointed. (Pody, Jackson, Rose)
- **2019-05-02** Conf. comm. appointed.( Boyd, Shaw, Howell)
- **2019-05-02** H. refused to recede from its non-concurrence
- **2019-05-02** Senate refused to recede from amendment 2
- **2019-05-02** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 2
- **2019-05-02** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 5/1/19
- **2019-05-09** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-10** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-14** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-24** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pr. Ch. 32
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pr. Ch. 32

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9799c9ba-6c3c-463d-86ea-a69b9c719e3e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).