Republican senators revive effort to overturn strict Airbnb rules in Nashville, other cities across

Republican senators revive effort to overturn strict Airbnb rules in Nashville, other cities across Tennessee

Tennessee Republican senators have revived legislation that would overturn prohibitions that local municipalities have over short-term rentals, a move that would nullify new rules passed in Nashville and existing laws in more than two dozen cities.

The effort, backed by the online-based hospitality company Airbnb, was reignited Thursday in an amendment proposed by Sen. John Stevens, R-Huntingdon, to a bill called the "Short Term Rental Unit Act."

The industry-supported bill advanced in the House last year but stalled in the Senate.

The new amendment would preempt local cities and counties from instituting any type of ban over short-term rentals, overturning an ordinance approved by the Nashville city council in January that would phase out short-term rental properties that aren't occupied by their owners from residential neighborhoods.

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