Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee SB2363: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18, relative to notice of fees.
Status: Chaptered, May 4, 2026
Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON MARCH 23, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2363, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 excludes short-term rentals from this bill, applies this bill's disclosure requirements to hotel websites, and clarifies that the disclosure requirements apply with regard to hotels located in Tennessee. This amendment adds that, if a hotel booking site or third-party booking site includes information about ancillary hotel services available at a hotel and the cost of the room is higher relative to the cost of other rooms at the hotel due to the cost including access to some, or all, of the services, then the hotel booking site or third-party booking site must make the same disclosures as required for ancillary hotel services for which an additional charge is required.
What the bill says
From the amended text:
House Commerce 1 Amendment No. 1 to HB2180 Vaughan Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 2363 House Bill No. 2180* by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 47, Chapter 18, Part 1, is amended by adding the following as a new section: 47-18-139. (a) As used in this section: (1) "Ancillary hotel services" or "services" means supplementary, nonroom products and offerings by a hotel, including parking, breakfast or other food or dining services, spa treatments, and early check-ins or late check-outs; (2) "Hotel": (A) Means any structure, or any portion of any structure, that is occupied or intended or designed for occupancy by transients for dwelling, lodging, or sleeping purposes, and includes any hotel, inn, tourist court, tourist camp, tourist cabin, motel, or any place in which rooms, lodgings, or accommodations are furnished to transients for a consideration; and (B) Does not include a short-term rental unit, as defined in § 13-7602; (3) "Hotel booking site" means a hotel's website that only provides information about bookings and services for the hotel; HA0963 (4) "Occupancy" means the use or possession, or the right to the use or possession, of any room, lodgings, or accommodations in a hotel for a period of less than thirty (30) continuous days; and …