Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, adds certain locations as premiere type tourist resorts; makes revisions to law relative to urban park centers. - Amends TCA Title 57.
This law removes specific exceptions from Tennessee's alcohol regulations, allowing the sale of alcoholic beverages in more counties than before. It achieves this by deleting language that previously restricted sales to certain areas and by removing lists of counties where sales were prohibited. The changes apply to all counties in the state, expanding where residents and businesses can legally sell alcohol.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Apr 2024
Senate Passage
May 2024
House Passage
May 2024
Signed into Law
May 2024
Introduced Jan 24, 2024
Signed May 28, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Apr 25, 2024 · House Apr 23, 2024
How they voted
22–2
Passed · 1 other
Total votes 25
Apr 25, 2024
D
Democratic4
100% Yea
R
Republican21
85% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
23
Committee
6
Amendments
6
May 28, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
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May 15, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
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May 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
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Apr 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Concurred, Ayes 24, Nays 3, PNV 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0836)
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Apr 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 1 (Amendment 2 - HA0837)
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Apr 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 1 (Amendment 3 - HA1128)
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Apr 24, 2024
Amended
Senate refused to concur in House amendment 1
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Apr 24, 2024
Amended
Senate refused to concur in House amendment 2
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Apr 24, 2024
Amended
Senate refused to concur in House amendment 3
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Apr 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Motion to lift from table adopted.
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Apr 23, 2024
Upper · Passed
Motion to reconsider adopted.
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Apr 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA1128)
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Apr 23, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 77, Nays 15, PNV 3
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Apr 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0836)
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Apr 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0837)
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Apr 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 77, Nays 14, PNV 4
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Apr 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0933)
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Apr 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0989)
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Apr 9, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 1
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Apr 2, 2024
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 1
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Mar 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/2/2024
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Mar 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
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Mar 19, 2024
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/26/2024
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Mar 5, 2024
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 1
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Feb 27, 2024
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/5/2024
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Jan 25, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
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Jan 24, 2024
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
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1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Richard Briggs
RRepublican
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