---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding alcoholic beverages, including the duration of residency requirements for licensure for the retail sale of alcoholic spirituous beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding alcoholic beverages, including the duration of residency requirements for licensure for the retail sale of alcoholic spirituous beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 703"
citation: "Tennessee SB 703 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Littleton", "Yager"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 56
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/2b773dae-994d-476e-98af-ecab669fb2c2"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0703&GA=110"
source_hash: "8d11bf978663318e4516a80276815f9562dc56d2db8e33e8cb13e5336a19f57b"
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 703 (110) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding alcoholic beverages, including the duration of residency requirements for licensure for the retail sale of alcoholic spirituous beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.

## 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/SB0703.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/9/2017 Passed (2) — **66–16** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONCUR IN HOUSE AMEND# 1 5/10/2017 Passed — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/10/2017 Passed (1) — **66–14** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1 4/11/2017 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 4/20/2017 Passed (1) — **24–1** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Littleton — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-08** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2017-02-09** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2017-02-13** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-03** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/4/2017
- **2017-04-03** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. S&L Govt. Comm. 4/4/17
- **2017-04-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-04** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/11/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-11** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 1
- **2017-04-12** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/18/2017
- **2017-04-12** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/20/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Action def. in State Government Committee to 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-04-20** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2017-04-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 1 `passage`
- **2017-04-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0390)
- **2017-04-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-04-25** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2017
- **2017-04-25** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/2/2017
- **2017-04-26** Placed behind the budget
- **2017-05-03** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-05-08** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 5/8/2017
- **2017-05-08** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-05-09** Placed on Senate Message Calendar calendar for 5/10/2017
- **2017-05-09** Passed H., as am., Ayes 66, Nays 16, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0634) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0534) `amendment-passage`
- **2017-05-09** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-09** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-09** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/9/2017
- **2017-05-10** Passed H., Ayes 66, Nays 14, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2017-05-10** Am. 2 reconsidered, withdrawn.
- **2017-05-10** Motion to reconsider adopted.
- **2017-05-10** Motion to lift from table adopted.
- **2017-05-10** Senate refused to concur in amendment, (Amendment 2 - HA0634) `amendment-failure`
- **2017-05-10** Concurred, Ayes 30, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0534) `passage`
- **2017-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-18** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-22** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-30** Pub. Ch. 443
- **2017-05-30** Effective date(s) 05/25/2017
- **2017-05-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 443

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/2b773dae-994d-476e-98af-ecab669fb2c2`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).