republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-1782.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Tracy City to levy a privilege tax of up to 5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Tracy City to levy a privilege tax of up to 5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - Amends TCA Section 67-4-1425."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 1782"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1782 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Hotel Motel"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Sherrell"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-17"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/040d76b4-c8a2-4957-978e-f1df6b623ff5"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1782&GA=111"
source_hash: "c3cbe75f1d76f234ef93ad1f9580b9c5176eab11038416d08409de78ea1bfa70"
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 1782 (111) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, authorizes the City of Tracy City to levy a privilege tax of up to 5 percent upon the privilege of occupancy by a two-thirds vote of its governing body. - 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](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB1782.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/10/2020 Passed (1) — **69–13** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020 6/4/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/18/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 6/11/2020 Passed — **23–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 6/3/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 6/9/2020 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Bowling — primary (person)
- Sherrell — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-17** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-01-27** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Reset on Final cal. of Local Committee
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-10** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-17** Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2020-05-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 6/2/2020
- **2020-06-01** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 6/3/2020
- **2020-06-02** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 12/1/2020
- **2020-06-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-03** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-06-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 6/9/2020
- **2020-06-04** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. S&L Govt. Comm. 6-9-20
- **2020-06-04** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-09** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-06-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-10** Senate Reset on calendar for 6/11/2020
- **2020-06-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-06-10** Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 13, PNV 8 `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-06-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2020-06-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-06-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-06-15** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-06-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 701
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 701
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/040d76b4-c8a2-4957-978e-f1df6b623ff5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).