---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises law relative to alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises law relative to alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 1987"
citation: "Tennessee HB 1987 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eldridge"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 43
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2026-01-22"
last_action: "2026-05-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/266620a2-74e4-45e7-bf31-611c0d6a1e55"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB1987&ga=114"
source_hash: "e0ddbc1e48b146a4037688ae7a1e6916fe542270bf79d07cfe8813cd55656b95"
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 1987 (114) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, revises law relative to alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1084** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1084.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA1198** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1198.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0893** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0893.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA1073** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1073.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB1987.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **72–16** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed (1) — **23–4** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (4) — **13–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 2/17/2026 Passed (6) — **8–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/8/2026 Passed (5) — **18–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2026 Passed (3) — **24–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eldridge — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-22** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2026-02-04** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-04** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-11** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-25** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/4/2026
- **2026-03-04** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-04** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-12** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-18** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-25** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-25** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/31/2026
- **2026-04-01** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-01** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-08** Placed behind the budget
- **2026-04-08** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
- **2026-04-08** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-08** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- **2026-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., as am., Ayes 72, Nays 16, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA1198) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1084) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA1073)
- **2026-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0893)
- **2026-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2026-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-19** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-26** Effective date(s) 05/19/2026
- **2026-05-26** Pub. Ch. 999

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/266620a2-74e4-45e7-bf31-611c0d6a1e55`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).