---
type: "Bill"
title: "Beer - As enacted, authorizes beer retailers to sell beer, from their own inventory, online for curbside pickup at the beer retailer's location; requires that the employee bringing beer to a vehicle for curbside pickup verify that the recipient of the beer is 21 years of age or older. - Amends TCA Section 57-5-103."
description: "Beer - As enacted, authorizes beer retailers to sell beer, from their own inventory, online for curbside pickup at the beer retailer's location; requires that the employee bringing beer to a vehicle for curbside pickup verify that the recipient of the beer is 21 years of age or older. - Amends TCA Section 57-5-103."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 2487"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2487 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Beer"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dickerson", "Johnson C"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 33
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2020-01-29"
last_action: "2020-07-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d17e5975-f225-42a6-8ad3-23fa40f3e04a"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2487&GA=111"
source_hash: "25946891c98c0a2c2dc7969056c81dd123269fde42348291ae27ea2b8067eae8"
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 2487 (111) — Beer - As enacted, authorizes beer retailers to sell beer, from their own inventory, online for curbside pickup at the beer retailer's location; requires that the employee bringing beer to a vehicle for curbside pickup verify that the recipient of the beer is 21 years of age or older. - Amends TCA Section 57-5-103.

## 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/111/Bill/SB2487.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 6/10/2020 Passed (1) — **21–1** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CITIES & COUNTIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee 2/19/2020 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE LOCAL COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/26/2020 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/12/2020 3/5/2020 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/12/2020 Passed (1) — **72–17** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/10/2020 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Dickerson — primary (person)
- Johnson C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2020-02-03** P2C, ref. to Local Committee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-04** Assigned to s/c Cities & Counties Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2020-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2020-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2020-02-12** Placed on s/c cal Cities & Counties Subcommittee for 2/19/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/25/2020
- **2020-02-19** Placed on cal. Local Committee for 2/26/2020
- **2020-02-19** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Local Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-02-25** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-25** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/3/2020
- **2020-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2020-03-04** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/10/2020
- **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
- **2020-03-10** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2020-03-12** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2020-03-12** Passed H., Ayes 72, Nays 17, PNV 7 `passage`
- **2020-03-16** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2020-06-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 6/10/2020
- **2020-06-10** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2020-06-10** Passed Senate, Ayes 21, Nays 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. 704
- **2020-07-02** Pub. Ch. 704
- **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/d17e5975-f225-42a6-8ad3-23fa40f3e04a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).