---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the city of Moscow and other municipalities with a population between 570 and 699 persons that employ a full-time police department to hold a referendum on the question of whether to authorize package stores and liquor-by-the-drink in their respective jurisdictions. - Amends TCA Title 57."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the city of Moscow and other municipalities with a population between 570 and 699 persons that employ a full-time police department to hold a referendum on the question of whether to authorize package stores and liquor-by-the-drink in their respective jurisdictions. - Amends TCA Title 57."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 184"
citation: "Tennessee SB 184 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 23
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-13"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/94181e71-0bf5-4dd7-94bb-255d2519f87a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0184&GA=113"
source_hash: "9eac361810e864739b9f64cf4f78593eda657868631e1c977111f39a72f6a8e2"
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 184 (113) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the city of Moscow and other municipalities with a population between 570 and 699 persons that employ a full-time police department to hold a referendum on the question of whether to authorize package stores and liquor-by-the-drink in their respective jurisdictions. - Amends TCA Title 57.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0115** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0115.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0208** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0208.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0184.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed — **76–13** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **30–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **76–13** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/14/2023 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/28/2023
- **2023-02-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/7/2023
- **2023-02-28** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/7/2023
- **2023-03-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-07** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/14/2023
- **2023-03-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2023-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/20/2023
- **2023-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 13, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0115) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2023-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-03-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 30, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0208)
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 04/04/2023
- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 109

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/94181e71-0bf5-4dd7-94bb-255d2519f87a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).