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

SB 2160: Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 2160 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Local Government, General - As enacted, authorizes counties with a metropolitan form of government, by resolution of their governing bodies, to levy a tax on the retail sale of food and food ingredients for human consumption within the county at a rate less than the local option sales tax rate or exempt the retail sale of such food and food ingredients from the local option sales tax; deletes obsolete provisions relating to the timing for reducing the membership of metropolitan councils. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 67, Chapter 6. Primary sponsor: Bo Watson (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 26, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1014.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Bo WatsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate11

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1014
  2. Companion House Bill substituted
  3. Sponsor(s) Added.
  4. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2026
  5. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
  6. Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/1/2026
  7. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/1/2026
  8. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/31/2026
  9. Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
  10. Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2026
  11. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
  12. Filed for introduction

Showing 12 most recent of 13 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source