---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, adds certain locations as premiere type tourist resorts; makes revisions to law relative to urban park centers. - Amends TCA Title 57."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, adds certain locations as premiere type tourist resorts; makes revisions to law relative to urban park centers. - Amends TCA Title 57."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 1844"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1844 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 42
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2024-01-23"
last_action: "2024-05-31"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/08c64e8d-deb7-4a86-8841-608140463b4c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1844&GA=113"
source_hash: "76a1cab47c640a3e5f0b87ae1fd46a3d93de28ecacf7f66709b35731610a307c"
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 1844 (113) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, adds certain locations as premiere type tourist resorts; makes revisions to law relative to urban park centers. - Amends TCA Title 57.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0836** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0836.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0837** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA0837.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA1128** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/HA1128.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0622** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0622.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0933** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0933.pdf)
6. **Amendment SA0989** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Amend/SA0989.pdf)
7. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1844.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 3 4/25/2024 Passed (1) — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 1 3/5/2024 Passed — **6–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/25/2024 Passed (3) — **24–3** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/9/2024 Passed (4) — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY HOLSCLAW PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2024 Passed — **91–5** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2024 Passed (1) — **77–14** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 1 4/2/2024 Passed — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/25/2024 Passed (2) — **27–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR MOTION TO ADOPT AMENDMENT # 3 BY HOLSCLAW PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2024 Passed — **73–16** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2024 Passed — **77–15** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2024-01-23** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2024-01-24** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2024-01-25** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `passage`
- **2024-02-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/5/2024
- **2024-03-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 6, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2024-03-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/26/2024
- **2024-03-26** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/2/2024
- **2024-03-26** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/2/2024
- **2024-04-02** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 1 PNV 1
- **2024-04-05** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/9/2024
- **2024-04-09** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2024-04-09** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2024-04-09** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0622)
- **2024-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0989)
- **2024-04-09** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0933)
- **2024-04-11** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2024-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/23/2024
- **2024-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 77, Nays 14, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2024-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0837) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0836) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2024-04-23** Passed H., as am., Ayes 77, Nays 15, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2024-04-23** H. adopted am. (Amendment 3 - HA1128) `amendment-passage`
- **2024-04-23** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2024-04-23** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2024-04-23** Senate returned to the House.
- **2024-04-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/25/2024
- **2024-04-24** H. refused to recede from H am. no. 1, 2, 3
- **2024-04-24** Senate refused to concur in House amendment 3 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-24** Senate refused to concur in House amendment 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-24** Senate refused to concur in House amendment 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2024-04-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/24/2024
- **2024-04-25** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 1 (Amendment 3 - HA1128) `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Concurred, Ayes 27, Nays 2, PNV 1 (Amendment 2 - HA0837) `passage`
- **2024-04-25** Concurred, Ayes 24, Nays 3, PNV 1 (Amendment 1 - HA0836) `passage`
- **2024-04-29** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2024-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-15** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2024-05-16** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2024-05-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2024-05-31** Effective date(s) 05/28/2024
- **2024-05-31** Pub. Ch. 1024

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/08c64e8d-deb7-4a86-8841-608140463b4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).