---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, expands the definition of \"premises\" for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to include the Station Street entertainment district in Chattanooga. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, Part 1."
description: "Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, expands the definition of \"premises\" for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to include the Station Street entertainment district in Chattanooga. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, Part 1."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 542"
citation: "Tennessee SB 542 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverage Commission"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gardenhire", "McCormick"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 42
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2017-02-07"
last_action: "2017-05-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6b563496-2aa2-4038-b4b1-2a5e0ffaceef"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0542&GA=110"
source_hash: "113e1bf2bbb64b312af78c5ab09f6d1c3e4d1daea1b33ff40a2f209b2da3b135"
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 542 (110) — Alcoholic Beverage Commission - As enacted, expands the definition of "premises" for purposes of the sale of alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to include the Station Street entertainment district in Chattanooga. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4, Part 1.

## 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/SB0542.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2017 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gardenhire — primary (person)
- McCormick — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-07** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-07** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-01** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/8/2017
- **2017-03-07** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-08** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/15/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/22/2017
- **2017-03-15** Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/22/17
- **2017-03-21** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/28/2017
- **2017-03-22** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-03-28** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-29** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/30/2017
- **2017-03-30** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/3/2017
- **2017-04-03** Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 17, PNV 7 `passage`
- **2017-04-03** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0205) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-04-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2017-04-06** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/10/2017
- **2017-04-06** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-04-10** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2017-04-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 2, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-10** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0220)
- **2017-04-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2017-04-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2017-04-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-04-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-04-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2017-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-03** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 195
- **2017-05-03** Pub. Ch. 195
- **2017-05-03** Effective date(s) 04/27/2017

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6b563496-2aa2-4038-b4b1-2a5e0ffaceef`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).