---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, specifies that samples and sales of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises of a distillery are not subject to the 15 percent privilege tax on the sales price of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises; authorizes retail sales of alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of Tellico Village in Loudon County and authorizes the alcoholic beverage commission to issue a retailer's license to the 501(c) corporation that manages such location. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 4."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, specifies that samples and sales of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises of a distillery are not subject to the 15 percent privilege tax on the sales price of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises; authorizes retail sales of alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of Tellico Village in Loudon County and authorizes the alcoholic beverage commission to issue a retailer's license to the 501(c) corporation that manages such location. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "HB 447"
citation: "Tennessee HB 447 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Sargent"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 54
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2017-02-06"
last_action: "2018-05-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0fa05e96-ac47-4465-9178-b23f9e67afce"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0447&GA=110"
source_hash: "d95bc57bad469889de3a4a4b31e9c2682043cbe5cf3a9ea22ad289a7a66ee8a7"
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 447 (110) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, specifies that samples and sales of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises of a distillery are not subject to the 15 percent privilege tax on the sales price of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises; authorizes retail sales of alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of Tellico Village in Loudon County and authorizes the alcoholic beverage commission to issue a retailer's license to the 501(c) corporation that manages such location. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 4.

## 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/HB0447.pdf)

## Votes

- STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 4/3/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/18/2018 PASSED (3) — **23–4** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/25/2018 PASSED (2) — **21–4** (fail) · upper
- CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018 4/12/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- STATE GOVERNMENT SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 3/28/2018 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **61–18** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/25/2018 PASSED (1) — **21–4** (fail) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED (3) — **68–19** (fail) · lower
- CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/10/2018 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/25/2018 UNKNOWN (2) — **43–38** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Sargent — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee-- Criminal Justice `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor change.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/10/2018
- **2018-04-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 19, PNV 6 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1137) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 4, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2018-04-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1080)
- **2018-04-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0968)
- **2018-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-19** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-19** Reset on cal. for 4/23/2018
- **2018-04-23** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 2 HB0447
- **2018-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/25/2018
- **2018-04-24** Conference Committee appointed. (Yager, Dickerson, Kyle)
- **2018-04-24** Conf. comm. appointed. (Sargent, Calfee, Camper)
- **2018-04-24** H. refused to recede from am. no. 2 HB0447
- **2018-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-24** Senate refused to recede from amendment 2
- **2018-04-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 calendar for 4/24/2018
- **2018-04-25** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 21, Nays 4, PNV 1
- **2018-04-25** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 61, Nays 18 PNV 3
- **2018-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-25** Conf. comm. appointed. (Sargent, Camper, Calfee)
- **2018-04-25** Conf. comm. report failed, Ayes 43, Nays 38 PNV 4
- **2018-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1027
- **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018
- **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1027

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0fa05e96-ac47-4465-9178-b23f9e67afce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).