---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, allows a judge, hearing officer, or administrative judge to award a person or entity that prevails in an administrative or civil action brought against the person or entity attorneys' fees and costs incurred as a result of the administrative or civil action. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5; Title 27, Chapter 1 and Title 57, Chapter 1."
description: "Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, allows a judge, hearing officer, or administrative judge to award a person or entity that prevails in an administrative or civil action brought against the person or entity attorneys' fees and costs incurred as a result of the administrative or civil action. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5; Title 27, Chapter 1 and Title 57, Chapter 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 835"
citation: "Tennessee SB 835 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eb84188a-6e4f-4454-aa51-15b16e3948f4"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0835&ga=114"
source_hash: "bd0198fecc2d1ede7a460137d091aeac15132eb54e5a11fdee8690d7150054e3"
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 835 (114) — Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, allows a judge, hearing officer, or administrative judge to award a person or entity that prevails in an administrative or civil action brought against the person or entity attorneys' fees and costs incurred as a result of the administrative or civil action. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 5; Title 27, Chapter 1 and Title 57, Chapter 1.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0276** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0276.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0048** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0048.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0835.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amdt, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/4/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed (1) — **96–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/10/2025 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-04** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-26** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 3/4/2025
- **2025-03-05** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/10/2025
- **2025-03-10** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-10** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-10** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0048)
- **2025-03-13** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0276) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 04/21/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 227

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eb84188a-6e4f-4454-aa51-15b16e3948f4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).