---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, requires an applicant for a retail package store license and for a retail food store wine license to obtain and submit to a local government a criminal history record for purposes of certifying that the applicant has not committed a felony within the immediately preceding 10-year period. - Amends TCA Title 57."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, requires an applicant for a retail package store license and for a retail food store wine license to obtain and submit to a local government a criminal history record for purposes of certifying that the applicant has not committed a felony within the immediately preceding 10-year period. - Amends TCA Title 57."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 757"
citation: "Tennessee HB 757 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Ramsey"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb5f31d3-555d-4589-a856-bb61da8a5c5f"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0757&GA=110"
source_hash: "65fa148383c4d1425cf82042a2b0723ae4fa6dec6a0f46e754a9da55a043e3aa"
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 HB 757 (110) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, requires an applicant for a retail package store license and for a retail food store wine license to obtain and submit to a local government a criminal history record for purposes of certifying that the applicant has not committed a felony within the immediately preceding 10-year period. - Amends TCA Title 57.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/HB0757.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017 4/27/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 4/12/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/25/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Ramsey — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Action def. in State Government Committee to 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-24** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-04-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-05-03** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-03** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 9, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2017-05-03** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-04** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 357
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 357
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 07/01/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb5f31d3-555d-4589-a856-bb61da8a5c5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).