---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates any facility on the campus of a public institution of higher education that is designed and used for school-sanctioned sporting events as a sports authority facility for purposes of consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 57."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates any facility on the campus of a public institution of higher education that is designed and used for school-sanctioned sporting events as a sports authority facility for purposes of consumption of alcoholic beverages on the premises. - Amends TCA Title 57."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 598"
citation: "Tennessee SB 598 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey", "Sexton C"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/35fb9746-f260-4c52-858f-f79fe32bec95"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0598&GA=111"
source_hash: "884c16bbc9d6bd4bf768cb4385cb094012a2e1427f92d8b8d8a741eea207507a"
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 598 (111) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates any facility on the campus of a public institution of higher education that is designed and used for school-sanctioned sporting events as a sports authority facility for purposes of consumption of 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. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0598.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2019 3/14/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/12/2019 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE STATE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2019 Passed (1) — **70–21** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee 2/20/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/12/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **27–4** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/5/2019 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/6/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)
- Sexton C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2019-02-07** P2C, ref. to State Committee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-11** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. State Committee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-20** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-26** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/5/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/6/2019
- **2019-02-27** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-05** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-05** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/12/2019
- **2019-03-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-12** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-03-12** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-14** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/21/2019
- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-21** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 21, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-03-21** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-01** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-02** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 99
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/08/2019
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 99

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/35fb9746-f260-4c52-858f-f79fe32bec95`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).