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type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, redefines \"hotel\" for purposes of the hotel occupancy tax to mean any structure or space, or any portion thereof, that is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, and includes privately, publicly, or government-owned hotels, inns, tourist camps, tourist courts, tourist cabins, motels, short-term rental units, primitive and recreational vehicle campsites and campgrounds, or any place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for consideration. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 4."
description: "Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, redefines \"hotel\" for purposes of the hotel occupancy tax to mean any structure or space, or any portion thereof, that is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, and includes privately, publicly, or government-owned hotels, inns, tourist camps, tourist courts, tourist cabins, motels, short-term rental units, primitive and recreational vehicle campsites and campgrounds, or any place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for consideration. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "HB 856"
citation: "Tennessee HB 856 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Hotel Motel", "Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bowling", "Sherrell"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 39
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-09"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faa9e9f0-deb8-43d2-b6fd-66b3afb4c1d3"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0856&GA=112"
source_hash: "5ba715da095488b5ea3b4ccad1234d94fd98d2a249ddcf2999d98f91cc36f0b1"
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 856 (112) — Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, redefines "hotel" for purposes of the hotel occupancy tax to mean any structure or space, or any portion thereof, that is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, and includes privately, publicly, or government-owned hotels, inns, tourist camps, tourist courts, tourist cabins, motels, short-term rental units, primitive and recreational vehicle campsites and campgrounds, or any place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for consideration. - Amends TCA Title 7, Chapter 4; Title 13, Chapter 7; Title 67, Chapter 5 and Title 67, Chapter 4.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0245** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0245.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0288** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0288.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/HB0856.pdf)
## Votes
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2021 Passed (1) — **6016** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE PROPERTY & PLANNING SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee 3/30/2021 (4) — **00** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/21/2021 Passed (1) — **310** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — **00** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/6/2021 (3) — **00** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/13/2021 Passed (2) — **90** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Bowling — primary (person)
- Sherrell — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-03-11** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-03-11** Sponsor change.
- **2021-03-11** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-23** Assigned to s/c Property & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-23** Ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Property & Planning Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-29** Sponsor change.
- **2021-03-30** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-31** Placed on cal. Local Government Committee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-14** Passed H., as am., Ayes 60, Nays 16, PNV 12 `passage`
- **2021-04-14** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0245) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-15** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-19** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-21** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0288)
- **2021-04-21** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-21** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-22** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-26** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-26** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-04-27** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 334
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 334
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faa9e9f0-deb8-43d2-b6fd-66b3afb4c1d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).