Tennessee House Votes To Allow Liquor And Wine Sales On Sunday

WPLN | By Chas Sisk
Published April 9, 2018 at 8:48 PM CDT
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Many grocery stores in Tennessee have already stocked their wine shelves, even though customers can't buy bottles until July 1.
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The Tennessee House has approved a measure that would let consumers buy a bottle of wine or liquor on Sundays.

Lawmakers voted 55-35 Monday night to lift restrictions that bar grocery stores in Tennessee from selling wine on Sundays and liquor stores from being open. Under the House proposal, sales would still be restricted on Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving.

The measure still needs to be approved by the Senate and the governor. If they do, liquor stores could begin opening on Sundays immediately, but grocery stores would have to wait until January 2019.

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Chas Sisk
Chas joined WPLN in 2015 after eight years with The Tennessean, including more than five years as the newspaper's statehouse reporter.Chas has also covered communities, politics and business in Massachusetts and Washington, D.C. Chas grew up in South Carolina and attended Columbia University in New York, where he studied economics and journalism. Outside of work, he's a dedicated distance runner, having completed a dozen marathons
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