republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/110/sb-1941.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates certain facilities located in Williamson County as premier type tourist resorts for purposes of on-premises sales of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates certain facilities located in Williamson County as premier type tourist resorts for purposes of on-premises sales of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1941"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1941 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Johnson", "Whitson"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 45
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-29"
last_action: "2018-05-08"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/8cfeb1bc-ed35-49b0-aa38-8fd89aba84e7"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1941&GA=110"
source_hash: "74c0f023528feb73f098b7735bca48454f4946a75978d2180f88d70dc3234eb2"
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 1941 (110) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, designates certain facilities located in Williamson County as premier type tourist resorts for purposes of on-premises sales of alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 4.

## 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/110/Bill/SB1941.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/6/2018 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/17/2018 PASSED (1) — **70–13** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/15/2018 PASSED (1) — **24–4** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Johnson — primary (person)
- Whitson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-29** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c State Government Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/6/2018
- **2018-03-06** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-09** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/12/2018
- **2018-03-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-13** Senate Reset on calendar 3/15/18
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-03-15** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 4, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0693)
- **2018-03-19** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2018-03-21** Placed on s/c cal State Government Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action Def. in s/c State Government Subcommittee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-04** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-04-05** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/9/2018
- **2018-04-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-11** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-17** Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 13, PNV 8 `passage`
- **2018-04-17** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1131) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-17** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-17** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-18** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-04-19** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-01** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-08** Pub. Ch. 912
- **2018-05-08** Effective date(s) 05/01/2018
- **2018-05-08** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 912

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/8cfeb1bc-ed35-49b0-aa38-8fd89aba84e7`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).