---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates The Plaza in Nashville as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates The Plaza in Nashville as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 740"
citation: "Tennessee SB 740 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Powell", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 48
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2017-02-08"
last_action: "2017-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/80768079-b69c-4562-826a-4f38e6353076"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0740&GA=110"
source_hash: "bf3e0d9911fe491a5b2ac673ff4051efc958abf6fb1ac206b5f69fc98cb61967"
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 740 (110) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates The Plaza in Nashville as a premier type tourist resort for purposes of on-premises consumption of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

## 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/SB0740.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: THIRD CONSIDERATION AMENDED 3/2/2017 Passed (1) — **25–5** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/1/2017 Passed (1) — **69–17** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage w/ amendment(s), refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/21/2017 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Powell — primary (person)
- Yarbro — 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`
- **2017-02-15** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/21/2017
- **2017-02-15** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 2/22/2017
- **2017-02-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2017-02-22** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-22** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/1/2017
- **2017-02-28** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/2/2017
- **2017-03-01** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/7/2017
- **2017-03-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2017-03-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 25, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2017-03-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0026)
- **2017-03-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2017-03-07** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-08** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 3/14/2017
- **2017-03-14** Action def. in State Government Committee to 3/21/2017
- **2017-03-15** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2017-03-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-03-22** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/29/2017
- **2017-03-29** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/5/2017
- **2017-03-29** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/5/2017
- **2017-04-05** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-05** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/12/2017
- **2017-04-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-12** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/19/2017
- **2017-04-19** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/25/2017
- **2017-04-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-25** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2017-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/27/2017
- **2017-04-27** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/1/2017
- **2017-05-01** Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 17, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2017-05-01** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0106) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2017-05-01** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2017-05-01** Comp. SB subst.
- **2017-05-02** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2017-05-02** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2017-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2017-05-03** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2017-05-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2017-05-19** Pub. Ch. 337
- **2017-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/09/2017
- **2017-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 337

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/80768079-b69c-4562-826a-4f38e6353076`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).