# Tennessee HB 1321: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22, relative to tourism.

Tennessee HB 1321, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22, relative to tourism., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-27 (Effective date(s) 05/21/2025) (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee HB 1321
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22, relative to tourism.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: House
- Introduced: 2025-02-06
- Last action: 2025-05-27, Effective date(s) 05/21/2025
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 2
- Subjects: Tourist Development, Dept. of
- Touches household money: no
- Roll calls: 6 (153 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 2

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- New state support for Tennessee tourism: benefit, low. The law creates a marketing division in Tennessee’s Department of Tourist Development, under the commissioner’s direction. The commissioner can appoint a division head and set that person’s duties. The division promotes new tourism investment and provides comprehensive services to existing tourism…
- Tennessee welcome centers get highway-tax funding: mixed, low. Tennessee’s tourism department runs and maintains state welcome centers through a new division under the commissioner. The commissioner can appoint its head and set that person’s duties. The division head oversees displays promoting Tennessee’s heritage and attractions, staff training on history an…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- Cosponsor: Mark Cochran (Republican), House
- Cosponsor: Tom Stinnett (Republican), House

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2025-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 | pass | 86 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-21 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-08 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 28 | 0 |   |
| 2025-04-02 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 11 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-26 | House | HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 20 | 0 |   |
| 2025-03-04 | House | HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0523.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1306.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1321.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0523.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1306.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1321.pdf)

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- [HB 0794: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0794-2025-2026)
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- [HB 0162: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB0162-2025-2026)
- [SB 2733: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2733-2025-2026)
- [SB 2702: AN ACT to amend Chapter 154 of the Private Acts of 1955; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB2702-2025-2026)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1321-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).