Although cities might have bans on passengers drinking alcohol in cars, state law still allows anyone but the driver to drink at their leisure. But bills from Sen. Randy McNally, R-Oak Ridge, and Reps. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, and John Ragan, R-Oak Ridge, would make it illegal for anyone to drink alcohol in a moving car.

The same committee is also discussing a bill from Sen. Frank Niceley, R-Strawberry Plains, and Rep. John Holsclaw, R-Elizabethton, that would make it illegal for anyone convicted of three or more DUIs to purchase alcohol in Tennessee.