Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1321: Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, creates a marketing division within the department to replace the tourism division; authorizes the department to enter into agreements with the department of transportation to assist with maintenance of welcome center facilities; creates a welcome centers division within the department to oversee such centers throughout the state; directs the commissioner of finance and administration to transfer from highway user taxes allocated to the highway fund an amount sufficient to support the annual appropriation for implementation and administration of all welcome centers in the state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22.

Enacted Last action May 27, 2025: Pub. Ch. 523

Plain-language summary

HB 1321 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Tourist Development, Dept. of - As enacted, creates a marketing division within the department to replace the tourism division; authorizes the department to enter into agreements with the department of transportation to assist with maintenance of welcome center facilities; creates a welcome centers division within the department to oversee such centers throughout the state; directs the commissioner of finance and administration to transfer from highway user taxes allocated to the highway fund an amount sufficient to support the annual appropriation for implementation and administration of all welcome centers in the state. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 22. Primary sponsor: William Lamberth (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2025): Pub. Ch. 523.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: William Lamberth (Republican).