---
type: "Bill"
title: "Taxes, Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, extends by one year the manner in which liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds are distributed to local political subdivisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67."
description: "Taxes, Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, extends by one year the manner in which liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds are distributed to local political subdivisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1794"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1794 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Taxes", "Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hulsey", "Ketron"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-09"
last_action: "2018-04-17"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/471d86ea-bdd9-4515-b861-fa7b5fd5e2ce"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1794&GA=110"
source_hash: "42ea7f2584c2a6e9ba5e10ae84561332463c4276be2167a909cb9094922da939"
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 1794 (110) — Taxes, Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, extends by one year the manner in which liquor-by-the-drink tax proceeds are distributed to local political subdivisions. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 9; Title 49; Title 57 and Title 67.

## 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/SB1794.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/6/2018 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hulsey — primary (person)
- Ketron — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-09** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-10** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-11** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-16** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 1/31/2018
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State & Local Government
- **2018-01-31** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/6/2018
- **2018-01-31** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-06** Action def. in State Government Committee to 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/22/2018
- **2018-02-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/26/2018
- **2018-02-26** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-01** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-16** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Senate Reset on calendar 3/22/18
- **2018-03-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/22/2018
- **2018-03-22** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-03-23** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-03-29** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-17** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 687
- **2018-04-17** Pub. Ch. 687
- **2018-04-17** Effective date(s) 07/01/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/471d86ea-bdd9-4515-b861-fa7b5fd5e2ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).