--- type: "Bill" title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, specifies that samples and sales of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises of a distillery are not subject to the 15 percent privilege tax on the sales price of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises; authorizes retail sales of alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of Tellico Village in Loudon County and authorizes the alcoholic beverage commission to issue a retailer's license to the 501(c) corporation that manages such location. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 4." description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, specifies that samples and sales of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises of a distillery are not subject to the 15 percent privilege tax on the sales price of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises; authorizes retail sales of alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of Tellico Village in Loudon County and authorizes the alcoholic beverage commission to issue a retailer's license to the 501(c) corporation that manages such location. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 4." jurisdiction: "us/states/tn" legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly" session: "110" identifier: "SB 793" citation: "Tennessee SB 793 (110)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Sargent"] version_count: 1 action_count: 54 vote_count: 1 first_action: "2017-02-06" last_action: "2018-05-23" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8a6c0f7a-6bc6-4d1f-afa2-402a4db9c18a" source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0793&GA=110" source_hash: "3e4ef731798867ca20c8123589b9ba673cbe48861470ec35cc9f2de1b890be3e" 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 793 (110) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, specifies that samples and sales of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises of a distillery are not subject to the 15 percent privilege tax on the sales price of alcoholic beverages sold for consumption on the premises; authorizes retail sales of alcoholic beverages within the boundaries of Tellico Village in Loudon County and authorizes the alcoholic beverage commission to issue a retailer's license to the 501(c) corporation that manages such location. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 2; Title 57, Chapter 3 and Title 57, Chapter 4. ## 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/SB0793.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 3/27/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Dickerson — primary (person) - Sargent — primary (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2017-02-06** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-08** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1` - **2017-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction` - **2017-02-09** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2017-02-09** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee-- Criminal Justice `referral-committee` - **2017-02-13** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee - **2017-02-14** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee` - **2018-03-19** Sponsor change. - **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/27/2018 - **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2018 - **2018-03-27** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 - **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/3/2018 - **2018-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee` - **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-04-04** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 4/10/2018 - **2018-04-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable` - **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018 - **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/17/2018 - **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/17/2018 - **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/18/2018 - **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on calendar 4/18/18 - **2018-04-17** Passed H., as am., Ayes 68, Nays 19, PNV 6 `passage` - **2018-04-17** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1137) `amendment-passage` - **2018-04-18** Companion House Bill substituted - **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/19/2018 - **2018-04-18** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 4, PNV 2 `passage` - **2018-04-18** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1080) - **2018-04-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0968) - **2018-04-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. - **2018-04-18** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction` - **2018-04-18** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. - **2018-04-19** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/23/2018 - **2018-04-19** Reset on cal. for 4/23/2018 - **2018-04-23** H. nonconcurred in S. am. no. 2 HB0447 - **2018-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 4/25/2018 - **2018-04-24** Conference Committee appointed. (Yager, Dickerson, Kyle) - **2018-04-24** Conf. comm. appointed. (Sargent, Calfee, Camper) - **2018-04-24** H. refused to recede from am. no. 2 HB0447 - **2018-04-24** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/24/2018 - **2018-04-24** Senate refused to recede from amendment 2 - **2018-04-24** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 calendar for 4/24/2018 - **2018-04-25** Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 21, Nays 4, PNV 1 - **2018-04-25** Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 61, Nays 18 PNV 3 - **2018-04-25** Sponsor(s) Added. - **2018-04-25** Conf. comm. appointed. (Sargent, Camper, Calfee) - **2018-04-25** Conf. comm. report failed, Ayes 43, Nays 38 PNV 4 - **2018-05-01** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. - **2018-05-02** Signed by H. Speaker - **2018-05-09** Signed by Senate Speaker - **2018-05-10** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt` - **2018-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature` - **2018-05-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1027 - **2018-05-23** Pub. Ch. 1027 - **2018-05-23** Effective date(s) 05/21/2018 ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8a6c0f7a-6bc6-4d1f-afa2-402a4db9c18a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).