republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/hb-811.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Tourism - As enacted, increases maximum amount of additional fee that may be imposed on certain sales in central improvement districts under the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act; specifies how additional fee may be used. - Amends TCA Title 7."
description: "Tourism - As enacted, increases maximum amount of additional fee that may be imposed on certain sales in central improvement districts under the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act; specifies how additional fee may be used. - Amends TCA Title 7."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 811"
citation: "Tennessee HB 811 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Tourism"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powell", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 56
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-02-04"
last_action: "2021-05-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/04a974c8-56c9-457b-85f4-49a352ef6f0d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0811&GA=112"
source_hash: "fed0b69f04431eab6b76c70e190280fdb9db19b1fb4a1f44e1362da55cc25c08"
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 811 (112) — Tourism - As enacted, increases maximum amount of additional fee that may be imposed on certain sales in central improvement districts under the Convention Center and Tourism Development Financing Act; specifies how additional fee may be used. - Amends TCA Title 7.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0322** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0322.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0106** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0106.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0405** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0405.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0406** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0406.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0811.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/3/2021 Passed (1) — **57–19** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/27/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 1 PNV 0 4/20/2021 Passed (2) — **10–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 4/6/2021 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021 4/28/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/13/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE ENERGY, AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/17/2021 Passed (3) — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **26–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Powell — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-04** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee
- **2021-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-12** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-12** Ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Placed on Senate Energy, Ag., and Nat. Resources Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-15** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. EA&NR Comm. 3-17-21
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-03-23** Action Def. in s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-30** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-06** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2021
- **2021-04-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-20** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 10, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 3, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0106)
- **2021-04-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0406)
- **2021-04-26** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0405)
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-04-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 57, Nays 19, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2021-05-03** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0322) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-05** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-21** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 466
- **2021-05-21** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-21** Pub. Ch. 466

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/04a974c8-56c9-457b-85f4-49a352ef6f0d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).