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Subcommittee extends sunset on Nashville event marketing fund language, advances bill
Summary
House Bill 824 would continue current allocation of 50¢ of a $2.50 hotel-room fee to the Nashville event marketing fund and extend the fund’s sunset date; the committee voted 7–0 to advance the bill.
Representative Freeman told the Cities & Counties Subcommittee on Feb. 19, 2025, that House Bill 824 continues the existing pledge of 50 cents of a $2.50 hotel-room fee to the Nashville event marketing fund and would extend the fund’s sunset date currently scheduled for 2026.
Freeman described events the fund has helped attract—Music City Bowl, the NHL All-Star Game, the NFL Draft and Fourth of July programming—and said the bill is not a new tax but an extension of the current allocation. The sponsor asked the committee to extend the sunset date to February 2032.
The committee voted 7–0 to move House Bill 824 to the next available State and Local Government calendar.
