---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, lowers the county population threshold, from in excess of 500,000 to in excess of 350,000, for a sports authority facility to be eligible to obtain a liquor-by-the-drink license; prohibits a facility located in Hamilton County from being issued a license after March 1, 2030, and requires the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over a facility located in Hamilton County to provide an annual report to the general assembly detailing any public safety issues related to the facility. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, lowers the county population threshold, from in excess of 500,000 to in excess of 350,000, for a sports authority facility to be eligible to obtain a liquor-by-the-drink license; prohibits a facility located in Hamilton County from being issued a license after March 1, 2030, and requires the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over a facility located in Hamilton County to provide an annual report to the general assembly detailing any public safety issues related to the facility. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 320"
citation: "Tennessee SB 320 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-27"
last_action: "2025-04-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/288d83c7-fe8c-447a-a22e-f66be9bab224"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0320&ga=114"
source_hash: "9176c9c9e3ec09f2b1e6490403867b8fd065a6fc5a72dd71b64cfe94f13bc494"
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 320 (114) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, lowers the county population threshold, from in excess of 500,000 to in excess of 350,000, for a sports authority facility to be eligible to obtain a liquor-by-the-drink license; prohibits a facility located in Hamilton County from being issued a license after March 1, 2030, and requires the law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction over a facility located in Hamilton County to provide an annual report to the general assembly detailing any public safety issues related to the facility. - Amends TCA Section 57-4-102.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0024** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0024.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0065** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0065.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0002** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0002.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0011** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0011.pdf)
5. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0320.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/18/2025 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/17/2025 Passed — **70–14** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 2/24/2025 Passed (1) — **29–3** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-27** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-11** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/18/2025
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-02-18** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2025-02-20** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 2/24/2025
- **2025-02-24** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-02-24** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 3 `passage`
- **2025-02-24** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0002)
- **2025-02-24** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0011)
- **2025-02-27** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-03-17** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 14, PNV 7 `passage`
- **2025-03-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0065) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-03-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0024) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-03-17** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-03-18** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-03-19** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-03-19** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-25** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-08** Effective date(s) 03/25/2025
- **2025-04-08** Pub. Ch. 61

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/288d83c7-fe8c-447a-a22e-f66be9bab224`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).