---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages and beer for consumption on the premises of Zoo Knoxville and Nashville Zoo during the zoos' regular operating hours. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages and beer for consumption on the premises of Zoo Knoxville and Nashville Zoo during the zoos' regular operating hours. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 181"
citation: "Tennessee SB 181 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey", "Staples"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 46
vote_count: 8
first_action: "2019-01-22"
last_action: "2019-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/851114c9-b793-4f6d-8f90-27615b7bbb31"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0181&GA=111"
source_hash: "ede1392ee21c51e86583dd83e032b7b60724c34a0ece4b6823ad5d3fc69125a5"
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 181 (111) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages and beer for consumption on the premises of Zoo Knoxville and Nashville Zoo during the zoos' regular operating hours. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0055** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0055.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0181.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/11/2019 Passed — **24–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/5/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2019 Passed — **6–2** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **55–39** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 3/6/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/9/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 Passed — **12–6** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)
- Staples — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-22** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-23** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-24** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-27** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-08** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/11/2019
- **2019-03-11** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2019-03-11** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0055)
- **2019-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-12** Action def. in State Committee to 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/19/2019
- **2019-03-14** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-19** Action def. in State Committee to 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 3/26/2019
- **2019-03-26** Action def. in State Committee to 4/2/2019
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/2/2019
- **2019-04-02** Action def. in State Committee to 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. State Committee for 4/9/2019
- **2019-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., Ayes 55, Nays 39, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-22** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-24** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-29** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-30** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-13** Pub. Ch. 300
- **2019-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/08/2019
- **2019-05-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 300

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/851114c9-b793-4f6d-8f90-27615b7bbb31`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).