---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, establishes new premier type tourist resorts, restaurants, community theaters, clubs, retirement centers, premises, and commercial passenger boat companies that can offer liquor by the drink; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 57."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, establishes new premier type tourist resorts, restaurants, community theaters, clubs, retirement centers, premises, and commercial passenger boat companies that can offer liquor by the drink; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 57."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 1620"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1620 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-01-13"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cfb25c29-5b12-4b4f-9309-48f3ff66f797"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB1620&ga=114"
source_hash: "2595d08c5a7689173a8c40689d98c95ddbb63072a8fafb9cb735e7c881189a1f"
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 1620 (114) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, establishes new premier type tourist resorts, restaurants, community theaters, clubs, retirement centers, premises, and commercial passenger boat companies that can offer liquor by the drink; makes related changes. - Amends TCA Title 57.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1095** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1095.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0508** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0508.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0941** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0941.pdf)
4. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1620.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/24/2026 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 2 3/31/2026 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/14/2026 Passed (1) — **24–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed (1) — **69–13** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-13** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/17/2026
- **2026-02-17** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/24/2026
- **2026-02-17** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 2/24/2026
- **2026-02-24** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-03-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/17/2026
- **2026-03-17** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-17** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/24/2026
- **2026-03-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-24** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 3/31/2026
- **2026-03-31** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 2
- **2026-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2026
- **2026-04-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-14** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2026-04-14** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0508)
- **2026-04-14** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0941)
- **2026-04-16** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 13, PNV 5 `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1095) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2026-04-21** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-27** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1074

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cfb25c29-5b12-4b4f-9309-48f3ff66f797`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).