---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates The Register in Davidson County as a club for purposes of consuming alcoholic beverages on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 57."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates The Register in Davidson County as a club for purposes of consuming alcoholic beverages on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 57."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 1678"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1678 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ramsey", "Yager"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 40
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2020-01-15"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd5062ff-0057-411f-82fc-49e94e969bf4"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1678&GA=111"
source_hash: "53a8467d25a8d6eec8db2eda907eb57aef9188ea5370c92ff2f41f1ab2631fc1"
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 HB 1678 (111) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates The Register in Davidson County as a club for purposes of consuming alcoholic beverages on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 57.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Amendment HA0590** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0590.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB1678.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Concur in House Amend# 1 6/4/2020 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/11/2020 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/3/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 2/20/2020 Passed (2) — **28–4** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/26/2020 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/11/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/4/2020 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2020 Passed (1) — **73–20** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020 3/5/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Ramsey — primary (person)
- Yager — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-15** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-01-23** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-01-29** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/4/2020
- **2020-02-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-05** Placed on cal. State Committee for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-11** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-11** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-12** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/20/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2020-02-20** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-02-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2020-02-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-03-03** Rec. for pass if am; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
- **2020-03-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** Comp. SB subst.
- **2020-03-12** Passed H., as am., Ayes 73, Nays 20, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2020-03-12** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0590) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-03-12** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2020-06-02** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 6/4/2020
- **2020-06-04** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0590) `passage`
- **2020-06-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2020-06-09** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2020-06-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 677
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 677
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/15/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/dd5062ff-0057-411f-82fc-49e94e969bf4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).