republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/113/hb-2868.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, prohibits Memphis and Nashville, with regard to hotel motel taxes, having a preexisting privilege tax or authority, from changing the designated use; authorizes those municipalities to otherwise change the allocations of the revenue, except in accordance with and subject to any other restrictions of state law relative to accommodations for transients and hotel occupancy. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, prohibits Memphis and Nashville, with regard to hotel motel taxes, having a preexisting privilege tax or authority, from changing the designated use; authorizes those municipalities to otherwise change the allocations of the revenue, except in accordance with and subject to any other restrictions of state law relative to accommodations for transients and hotel occupancy. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "HB 2868"
citation: "Tennessee HB 2868 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hotel Motel", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Vaughan"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 33
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-31"
last_action: "2024-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4b21ddc9-a5a8-4c3c-a462-6adf63e19a87"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB2868&GA=113"
source_hash: "5b6105c052264c4b9d734ce2a96a8290a88a7742349f82e693ff65cdd7d50771"
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 2868 (113) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, prohibits Memphis and Nashville, with regard to hotel motel taxes, having a preexisting privilege tax or authority, from changing the designated use; authorizes those municipalities to otherwise change the allocations of the revenue, except in accordance with and subject to any other restrictions of state law relative to accommodations for transients and hotel occupancy. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0990** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0990.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0898** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0898.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/HB2868.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2024 4/11/2024 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/9/2024 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2024 Passed (1) — **90–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/27/2024 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — **28–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Vaughan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-31** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-02-01** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2024-02-05** Sponsor(s) withdrawn. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-05** Sponsor change. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-05** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-02-05** P2C, ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-02-07** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2024-03-06** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/13/2024
- **2024-03-13** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-13** Action Def. in s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee to 3/20/2024
- **2024-03-20** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-20** Action Def. in s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee to 3/27/2024
- **2024-03-27** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/2/2024
- **2024-03-27** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2024-04-02** Action def. in Local Government Committee to 4/9/2024
- **2024-04-03** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/9/2024
- **2024-04-09** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2024-04-10** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/11/2024
- **2024-04-11** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2024
- **2024-04-16** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2024-04-16** Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-16** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0990) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-16** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2024-04-17** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2024-04-24** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2024-05-01** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/21/2024
- **2024-05-29** Pub. Ch. 1001

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4b21ddc9-a5a8-4c3c-a462-6adf63e19a87`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).