---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville as an urban park center; authorizes the granting of a franchise for the provision of food or beverage, including alcoholic beverages, on its premises; specifies that the holder of such franchise is also considered an urban park center; requires certain reporting. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville as an urban park center; authorizes the granting of a franchise for the provision of food or beverage, including alcoholic beverages, on its premises; specifies that the holder of such franchise is also considered an urban park center; requires certain reporting. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2485"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2485 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Jernigan"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 49
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6574bcf6-b31a-4795-813f-49f920121685"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2485&GA=111"
source_hash: "a6cd953fba5723fce2dee8e35b34e814166a2f582464ab7dcbdb48d141fc2beb"
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 2485 (111) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates the Tennessee State Fairgrounds in Nashville as an urban park center; authorizes the granting of a franchise for the provision of food or beverage, including alcoholic beverages, on its premises; specifies that the holder of such franchise is also considered an urban park center; requires certain reporting. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0773** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0773.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2485.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/11/2020 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/4/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 6/2/2020 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020 3/12/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 1 BY LAMBERTH PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/2/2020 Passed — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 6/10/2020 Passed (1) — **22–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/10/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 6/9/2020 Passed — **9–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 6/2/2020 Passed (1) — **71–18** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/18/2020 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Jernigan — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-01-22** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-01-22** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-05** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/11/2020
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-02-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-12** Placed on cal. State Committee for 2/18/2020
- **2020-02-18** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/4/2020
- **2020-02-26** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to 3/4/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-04** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/10/2020
- **2020-03-04** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-10** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/17/2020
- **2020-03-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
- **2020-03-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2020
- **2020-03-17** Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee
- **2020-03-18** Reset on Regular Cal. for 3-20-19
- **2020-03-20** Reset on Regular Cal. for 6-1-20
- **2020-05-05** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 6/1/2020
- **2020-05-27** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 6/2/2020
- **2020-06-02** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2020-06-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-06-02** Passed H., as am., Ayes 71, Nays 18, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2020-06-02** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0773) `amendment-passage`
- **2020-06-04** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 6/8/2020
- **2020-06-04** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-06-08** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 6/9/2020
- **2020-06-08** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 6/9/2020
- **2020-06-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-09** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-06-10** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-06-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 22, Nays 1, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2020-06-10** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2020-06-11** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2020-06-11** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2020-06-17** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2020-06-18** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2020-06-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2020-07-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 700
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 700
- **2020-07-02** Effective date(s) 06/22/2020

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6574bcf6-b31a-4795-813f-49f920121685`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).