---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Sewanee Inn in Franklin County as a premier type tourist resort for the purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages; also so designates a certain commercially operated facility in Cumberland County and the new Restoration Hardware store in Nashville. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Sewanee Inn in Franklin County as a premier type tourist resort for the purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages; also so designates a certain commercially operated facility in Cumberland County and the new Restoration Hardware store in Nashville. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 400"
citation: "Tennessee HB 400 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alexander", "Bowling"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-02"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cddd2163-9585-4c94-b2d8-4a7a6c955023"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0400&GA=110"
source_hash: "6b44c0d2850689b3ad0bd8ae0a42c2f7bb038f001713ffc9a74055fe9b58dd63"
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 HB 400 (110) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Sewanee Inn in Franklin County as a premier type tourist resort for the purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages; also so designates a certain commercially operated facility in Cumberland County and the new Restoration Hardware store in Nashville. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

## 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/HB0400.pdf)

## Votes

- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017 4/6/2017 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/14/2017 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee 3/29/2017 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/1/2017 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FINANCE, WAYS & MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/4/2017 (2) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alexander — primary (person)
- Bowling — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-02** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/28/2017
- **2017-02-28** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-03-07** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-07** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/9/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-09** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/13/2017
- **2017-03-13** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2017-03-13** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0094)
- **2017-03-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-23** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/4/2017
- **2017-03-29** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-04** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-05** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/6/2017
- **2017-04-06** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-06** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/13/2017
- **2017-04-13** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-04-13** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 4/17/2017
- **2017-04-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 60, Nays 27, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2017-04-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0257) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-13** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0091) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-04-17** Concurred, Ayes 22, Nays 2, PNV 1 (Amendment 2 - HA0257) `passage`
- **2017-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-04-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 214
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 214
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/28/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cddd2163-9585-4c94-b2d8-4a7a6c955023`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).