---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages and wine on Sundays during certain hours; prohibits sales on Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving; revises other provisions relating to alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages and wine on Sundays during certain hours; prohibits sales on Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving; revises other provisions relating to alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2518"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2518 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ketron", "McCormick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 64
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c811a453-57c3-4190-897c-d1d7c96bcf9b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2518&GA=110"
source_hash: "364eab67d40fed54d52fe9ebbeec4dbd384de3767a24a3439cb725aff9d6aed3"
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 2518 (110) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the sale of alcoholic beverages and wine on Sundays during certain hours; prohibits sales on Easter, Christmas, and Thanksgiving; revises other provisions relating to alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3; Title 57, Chapter 4 and Title 57, Chapter 5.

## 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/SB2518.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 3 PNV 0 4/3/2018 Passed — **7–3** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/6/2018 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ketron — primary (person)
- McCormick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-17** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-18** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-19** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-14** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/21/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-27** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-19** Refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2018-03-19** Recalled from Senate Calendar Committee
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 3/27/2018
- **2018-03-21** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/29/2018
- **2018-03-29** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/5/2018
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 3 PNV 0
- **2018-04-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-05** Reset on cal. for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/11/2018
- **2018-04-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 55, Nays 35, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2018-04-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 12 - HA1150) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Am. tabled. (Amendment 11 - HA1149) `amendment-deferral`
- **2018-04-09** Am. tabled. (Amendment 5 - HA1126) `amendment-deferral`
- **2018-04-09** Am. tabled. (Amendment 6 - HA1127) `amendment-deferral`
- **2018-04-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 3 - HA0802) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0801) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0800) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-09** Am. tabled. (Amendment 10 - HA1148) `amendment-deferral`
- **2018-04-09** Am. tabled. (Amendment 9 - HA1147) `amendment-deferral`
- **2018-04-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 8 - HA1145) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-09** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 7 - HA1144) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA1008) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-04-10** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-04-11** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-11** Passed Senate, Ayes 17, Nays 11, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2018-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0799)
- **2018-04-11** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1028)
- **2018-04-11** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-04-12** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-20** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 783
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 783
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/20/2018; 01/01/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c811a453-57c3-4190-897c-d1d7c96bcf9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).