---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes The Avenue Diner and Scoreboard Restaurant in Nashville to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; prohibits such establishment from selling or giving away alcoholic beverages or beer only between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.; authorizes certain manufacturers to have a direct or indirect interest in an establishment that is licensed for on premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes The Avenue Diner and Scoreboard Restaurant in Nashville to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; prohibits such establishment from selling or giving away alcoholic beverages or beer only between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.; authorizes certain manufacturers to have a direct or indirect interest in an establishment that is licensed for on premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 705"
citation: "Tennessee SB 705 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Harper", "Sanderson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 67
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bccd51d8-efc1-47fc-b60d-ce6dd6a9aae1"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0705&GA=110"
source_hash: "4a9a50ad4422c1e6f2ea3bd1da28509eecc8f4c3066d04bac49984ffe7154374"
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 705 (110) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes The Avenue Diner and Scoreboard Restaurant in Nashville to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption; prohibits such establishment from selling or giving away alcoholic beverages or beer only between the hours of 3:00 a.m. and 4:00 a.m.; authorizes certain manufacturers to have a direct or indirect interest in an establishment that is licensed for on premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

## 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/SB0705.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/11/2017 Passed (1) — **5–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Harper — primary (person)
- Sanderson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **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`
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-07** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-03-14** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-15** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-21** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-22** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **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 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
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-04-11** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-17** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2017-04-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/24/2017
- **2017-04-20** Reset on next avail. cal.
- **2017-04-24** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-04-24** Passed H., as am., Ayes 65, Nays 17, PNV 8 `passage`
- **2017-04-24** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0340) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-25** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-27** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-01** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/3/2017
- **2017-05-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-03** Senate Reset on calendar for 5/4/2017
- **2017-05-04** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-05-04** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 5/5/2017
- **2017-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 20, Nays 5, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0515)
- **2017-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0501)
- **2017-05-04** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-05-05** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 60, Nays 9 PNV 9 HB1289
- **2017-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-08** Enrolled; ready for sig. of 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. 371
- **2017-05-22** Pub. Ch. 371
- **2017-05-22** Effective date(s) 05/11/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bccd51d8-efc1-47fc-b60d-ce6dd6a9aae1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).