---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, removes jurisdiction over enforcement of criminal offenses involving marijuana from the commission. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 1, Part 2."
description: "Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, removes jurisdiction over enforcement of criminal offenses involving marijuana from the commission. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 1, Part 2."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 557"
citation: "Tennessee SB 557 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "Sanderson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 52
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/33db4403-528c-4e1e-b87a-837def97d43e"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0557&GA=110"
source_hash: "d32882f193caf5941ffce128865061f33d6e5daa216aede6e315140d00d14e25"
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 557 (110) — Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, removes jurisdiction over enforcement of criminal offenses involving marijuana from the commission. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 1, Part 2.

## 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/SB0557.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 5/2/2017 Passed (1) — **10–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- Sanderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** P1C.
- **2017-02-15** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-15** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **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
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **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
- **2017-04-05** 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
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **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
- **2017-04-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-01** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-05-02** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 3 calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-04** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0219)
- **2017-05-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-05-04** Passed H., as am., Ayes 85, Nays 3, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0541) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-05** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-22** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 372
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 372
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 01/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/33db4403-528c-4e1e-b87a-837def97d43e`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).