Taxes, Hotel Motel - As enacted, requires a hotel operator to remit the hotel tax to the municipality when a person has maintained occupancy for 30 continuous days and to cease collecting the tax from the person for the remainder of their stay in the operator's hotel. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14.
SB 384 changes Tennessee's hotel tax law to require operators to stop charging the tax after a guest stays 30 consecutive days in a hotel. Specifically, once a guest maintains occupancy for 30 days, the hotel must remit all collected tax to the municipality and cease charging the guest for the remainder of their stay. This directly affects long-term hotel guests (staying 30+ days) and hotel operators who must adjust their billing practices. The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 4, Part 14, to implement this change, effective May 5, 2025.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Mar 2025
Senate Passage
Apr 2025
House Passage
Apr 2025
Signed into Law
May 2025
Introduced Feb 10, 2025
Signed May 5, 2025
Floor votes · Senate Mar 17, 2025 · House Apr 16, 2025
How they voted
35–0
Passed
Total votes 35
Mar 17, 2025
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican30
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
20
Key actions
8
Committee
3
Amendments
1
May 5, 2025
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 22, 2025
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Apr 22, 2025
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0406)
lower
Apr 16, 2025
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 13, PNV 2
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Lower · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0114)
lower
Mar 17, 2025
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 0
upper
Mar 11, 2025
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
upper
Mar 4, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/11/2025
lower
Feb 12, 2025
Committee
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
upper
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Brent Taylor
RRepublican
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