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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville as an urban park center; authorizes the granting of a franchise for the provision of food or beverage, including alcoholic beverages, on its premises; specifies that the holder of such franchise is also considered an urban park center; requires certain reporting. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4."
+description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville as an urban park center; authorizes the granting of a franchise for the provision of food or beverage, including alcoholic beverages, on its premises; specifies that the holder of such franchise is also considered an urban park center; requires certain reporting. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
+legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
+session: "111"
+identifier: "SB 2485"
+citation: "Tennessee SB 2485 (111)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Jernigan"]
+version_count: 2
+action_count: 49
+vote_count: 10
+first_action: "2020-01-14"
+last_action: "2020-07-02"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6574bcf6-b31a-4795-813f-49f920121685"
+source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2485&GA=111"
+source_hash: "a6cd953fba5723fce2dee8e35b34e814166a2f582464ab7dcbdb48d141fc2beb"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
+---
+
+# Tennessee SB 2485 (111) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville as an urban park center; authorizes the granting of a franchise for the provision of food or beverage, including alcoholic beverages, on its premises; specifies that the holder of such franchise is also considered an urban park center; requires certain reporting. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Amendment HA0773** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0773.pdf)
+2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2485.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/11/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/4/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 6/2/2020 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/12/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 1 BY LAMBERTH PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/2/2020 Passed — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 6/10/2020 Passed (1) — **22–1** (pass) · upper
+- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 6/9/2020 Passed — **9–1** (pass) · upper
+- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/2/2020 Passed (1) — **71–18** (pass) · lower
+- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/18/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Dickerson — primary (person)
+- Jernigan — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2020-01-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
+- **2020-01-22** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-22** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
+- **2020-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/11/2020
+- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
+- **2020-02-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. State Committee for 2/18/2020
+- **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
+- **2020-02-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/4/2020
+- **2020-02-26** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/4/2020
+- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2020
+- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/10/2020
+- **2020-03-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-10** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/17/2020
+- **2020-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
+- **2020-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2020
+- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
+- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020
+- **2020-03-17** Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee
+- **2020-03-18** Reset on Regular Cal. for 3-20-19
+- **2020-03-20** Reset on Regular Cal. for 6-1-20
+- **2020-05-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/1/2020
+- **2020-05-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 6/2/2020
+- **2020-06-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
+- **2020-06-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
+- **2020-06-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 18, PNV 5 `passage`
+- **2020-06-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0773) `amendment-passage`
+- **2020-06-04** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 6/8/2020
+- **2020-06-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
+- **2020-06-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 6/9/2020
+- **2020-06-08** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 6/9/2020
+- **2020-06-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/10/2020
+- **2020-06-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
+- **2020-06-10** Companion House Bill substituted
+- **2020-06-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
+- **2020-06-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
+- **2020-06-11** Signed by H. Speaker
+- **2020-06-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
+- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
+- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
+- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
+- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 700
+- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 700
+- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6574bcf6-b31a-4795-813f-49f920121685`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).
+