diff --git a/nomad/fsm.go b/nomad/fsm.go
index dda83f49b4d1..83053a15da9c 100644
--- a/nomad/fsm.go
+++ b/nomad/fsm.go
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package nomad
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 	"io"
 	"reflect"
@@ -195,9 +196,9 @@ func (n *nomadFSM) Apply(log *raft.Log) interface{} {
 
 	switch msgType {
 	case structs.NodeRegisterRequestType:
-		return n.applyUpsertNode(buf[1:], log.Index)
+		return n.applyUpsertNode(msgType, buf[1:], log.Index)
 	case structs.NodeDeregisterRequestType:
-		return n.applyDeregisterNode(buf[1:], log.Index)
+		return n.applyDeregisterNode(msgType, buf[1:], log.Index)
 	case structs.NodeUpdateStatusRequestType:
 		return n.applyStatusUpdate(buf[1:], log.Index)
 	case structs.NodeUpdateDrainRequestType:
@@ -310,17 +311,19 @@ func (n *nomadFSM) applyClusterMetadata(buf []byte, index uint64) interface{} {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (n *nomadFSM) applyUpsertNode(buf []byte, index uint64) interface{} {
+func (n *nomadFSM) applyUpsertNode(reqType structs.MessageType, buf []byte, index uint64) interface{} {
 	defer metrics.MeasureSince([]string{"nomad", "fsm", "register_node"}, time.Now())
 	var req structs.NodeRegisterRequest
 	if err := structs.Decode(buf, &req); err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to decode request: %v", err))
 	}
 
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), state.CtxMsgType, reqType)
+
 	// Handle upgrade paths
 	req.Node.Canonicalize()
 
-	if err := n.state.UpsertNode(index, req.Node); err != nil {
+	if err := n.state.UpsertNodeCtx(ctx, index, req.Node); err != nil {
 		n.logger.Error("UpsertNode failed", "error", err)
 		return err
 	}
@@ -334,14 +337,16 @@ func (n *nomadFSM) applyUpsertNode(buf []byte, index uint64) interface{} {
 	return nil
 }
 
-func (n *nomadFSM) applyDeregisterNode(buf []byte, index uint64) interface{} {
+func (n *nomadFSM) applyDeregisterNode(reqType structs.MessageType, buf []byte, index uint64) interface{} {
 	defer metrics.MeasureSince([]string{"nomad", "fsm", "deregister_node"}, time.Now())
 	var req structs.NodeDeregisterRequest
 	if err := structs.Decode(buf, &req); err != nil {
 		panic(fmt.Errorf("failed to decode request: %v", err))
 	}
 
-	if err := n.state.DeleteNode(index, []string{req.NodeID}); err != nil {
+	ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), state.CtxMsgType, reqType)
+
+	if err := n.state.DeleteNodeCtx(ctx, index, []string{req.NodeID}); err != nil {
 		n.logger.Error("DeleteNode failed", "error", err)
 		return err
 	}
diff --git a/nomad/state/node_events.go b/nomad/state/node_events.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b2889e3a3076
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomad/state/node_events.go
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+package state
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/stream"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
+)
+
+const (
+	TopicNodeRegistration   = "NodeRegistration"
+	TopicNodeDeregistration = "NodeDeregistration"
+)
+
+type NodeRegistrationEvent struct {
+	Event      *structs.NodeEvent
+	NodeStatus string
+}
+
+type NodeDeregistrationEvent struct {
+	NodeID string
+}
+
+// NodeRegisterEventFromChanges generates a NodeRegistrationEvent from a set
+// of transaction changes.
+func NodeRegisterEventFromChanges(tx ReadTxn, changes Changes) ([]stream.Event, error) {
+	var events []stream.Event
+	for _, change := range changes.Changes {
+		switch change.Table {
+		case "nodes":
+			after, ok := change.After.(*structs.Node)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("transaction change was not a Node")
+			}
+
+			event := stream.Event{
+				Topic: TopicNodeRegistration,
+				Index: changes.Index,
+				Key:   after.ID,
+				Payload: &NodeRegistrationEvent{
+					Event:      after.Events[len(after.Events)-1],
+					NodeStatus: after.Status,
+				},
+			}
+			events = append(events, event)
+		}
+	}
+	return events, nil
+}
+
+// NodeDeregisterEventFromChanges generates a NodeDeregistrationEvent from a set
+// of transaction changes.
+func NodeDeregisterEventFromChanges(tx ReadTxn, changes Changes) ([]stream.Event, error) {
+	var events []stream.Event
+	for _, change := range changes.Changes {
+		switch change.Table {
+		case "nodes":
+			before, ok := change.Before.(*structs.Node)
+			if !ok {
+				return nil, fmt.Errorf("transaction change was not a Node")
+			}
+
+			event := stream.Event{
+				Topic: TopicNodeDeregistration,
+				Index: changes.Index,
+				Key:   before.ID,
+				Payload: &NodeDeregistrationEvent{
+					NodeID: before.ID,
+				},
+			}
+			events = append(events, event)
+		}
+	}
+	return events, nil
+}
diff --git a/nomad/state/node_events_test.go b/nomad/state/node_events_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..10b9458a635a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nomad/state/node_events_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+package state
+
+import (
+	"testing"
+
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/mock"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/stream"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
+	"github.com/stretchr/testify/require"
+)
+
+func TestNodeRegisterEventFromChanges(t *testing.T) {
+	cases := []struct {
+		Name       string
+		MsgType    structs.MessageType
+		Setup      func(s *StateStore, tx *txn) error
+		Mutate     func(s *StateStore, tx *txn) error
+		WantEvents []stream.Event
+		WantErr    bool
+		WantTopic  string
+	}{
+		{
+			MsgType:   structs.NodeRegisterRequestType,
+			WantTopic: TopicNodeRegistration,
+			Name:      "node registered",
+			Mutate: func(s *StateStore, tx *txn) error {
+				return upsertNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, testNode())
+			},
+			WantEvents: []stream.Event{{
+				Topic: TopicNodeRegistration,
+				Key:   testNodeID(),
+				Index: 100,
+				Payload: &NodeRegistrationEvent{
+					Event: &structs.NodeEvent{
+						Message:   "Node registered",
+						Subsystem: "Cluster",
+					},
+					NodeStatus: structs.NodeStatusReady,
+				},
+			}},
+			WantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			MsgType:   structs.NodeRegisterRequestType,
+			WantTopic: TopicNodeRegistration,
+			Name:      "node registered initializing",
+			Mutate: func(s *StateStore, tx *txn) error {
+				return upsertNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, testNode(nodeNotReady))
+			},
+			WantEvents: []stream.Event{{
+				Topic: TopicNodeRegistration,
+				Key:   testNodeID(),
+				Index: 100,
+				Payload: &NodeRegistrationEvent{
+					Event: &structs.NodeEvent{
+						Message:   "Node registered",
+						Subsystem: "Cluster",
+					},
+					NodeStatus: structs.NodeStatusInit,
+				},
+			}},
+			WantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			MsgType:   structs.NodeDeregisterRequestType,
+			WantTopic: TopicNodeDeregistration,
+			Name:      "node deregistered",
+			Setup: func(s *StateStore, tx *txn) error {
+				return upsertNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, testNode())
+			},
+			Mutate: func(s *StateStore, tx *txn) error {
+				return deleteNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, []string{testNodeID()})
+			},
+			WantEvents: []stream.Event{{
+				Topic: TopicNodeDeregistration,
+				Key:   testNodeID(),
+				Index: 100,
+				Payload: &NodeDeregistrationEvent{
+					NodeID: testNodeID(),
+				},
+			}},
+			WantErr: false,
+		},
+		{
+			MsgType:   structs.NodeDeregisterRequestType,
+			WantTopic: TopicNodeDeregistration,
+			Name:      "batch node deregistered",
+			Setup: func(s *StateStore, tx *txn) error {
+				require.NoError(t, upsertNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, testNode()))
+				return upsertNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, testNode(nodeIDTwo))
+			},
+			Mutate: func(s *StateStore, tx *txn) error {
+				return deleteNodeTxn(tx, tx.Index, []string{testNodeID(), testNodeIDTwo()})
+			},
+			WantEvents: []stream.Event{
+				{
+					Topic: TopicNodeDeregistration,
+					Key:   testNodeID(),
+					Index: 100,
+					Payload: &NodeDeregistrationEvent{
+						NodeID: testNodeID(),
+					},
+				},
+				{
+					Topic: TopicNodeDeregistration,
+					Key:   testNodeIDTwo(),
+					Index: 100,
+					Payload: &NodeDeregistrationEvent{
+						NodeID: testNodeIDTwo(),
+					},
+				},
+			},
+			WantErr: false,
+		},
+	}
+
+	for _, tc := range cases {
+		t.Run(tc.Name, func(t *testing.T) {
+			s := TestStateStoreCfg(t, TestStateStorePublisher(t))
+			defer s.StopEventPublisher()
+
+			if tc.Setup != nil {
+				// Bypass publish mechanism for setup
+				setupTx := s.db.WriteTxn(10)
+				require.NoError(t, tc.Setup(s, setupTx))
+				setupTx.Txn.Commit()
+			}
+
+			tx := s.db.WriteTxn(100)
+			require.NoError(t, tc.Mutate(s, tx))
+
+			changes := Changes{Changes: tx.Changes(), Index: 100, MsgType: tc.MsgType}
+			got, err := processDBChanges(tx, changes)
+
+			if tc.WantErr {
+				require.Error(t, err)
+				return
+			}
+			require.NoError(t, err)
+
+			require.Equal(t, len(tc.WantEvents), len(got))
+			for idx, g := range got {
+				switch tc.MsgType {
+				case structs.NodeRegisterRequestType:
+					requireNodeRegistrationEventEqual(t, tc.WantEvents[idx], g)
+				case structs.NodeDeregisterRequestType:
+					requireNodeDeregistrationEventEqual(t, tc.WantEvents[idx], g)
+				}
+			}
+		})
+	}
+}
+
+func requireNodeRegistrationEventEqual(t *testing.T, want, got stream.Event) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	require.Equal(t, want.Index, got.Index)
+	require.Equal(t, want.Key, got.Key)
+	require.Equal(t, want.Topic, got.Topic)
+
+	wantPayload := want.Payload.(*NodeRegistrationEvent)
+	gotPayload := got.Payload.(*NodeRegistrationEvent)
+
+	// Check payload equality for the fields that we can easily control
+	require.Equal(t, wantPayload.NodeStatus, gotPayload.NodeStatus)
+	require.Equal(t, wantPayload.Event.Message, gotPayload.Event.Message)
+	require.Equal(t, wantPayload.Event.Subsystem, gotPayload.Event.Subsystem)
+}
+
+func requireNodeDeregistrationEventEqual(t *testing.T, want, got stream.Event) {
+	t.Helper()
+
+	require.Equal(t, want.Index, got.Index)
+	require.Equal(t, want.Key, got.Key)
+	require.Equal(t, want.Topic, got.Topic)
+
+	wantPayload := want.Payload.(*NodeDeregistrationEvent)
+	gotPayload := got.Payload.(*NodeDeregistrationEvent)
+
+	require.Equal(t, wantPayload, gotPayload)
+}
+
+type nodeOpts func(n *structs.Node)
+
+func nodeNotReady(n *structs.Node) {
+	n.Status = structs.NodeStatusInit
+}
+
+func nodeIDTwo(n *structs.Node) {
+	n.ID = testNodeIDTwo()
+}
+
+func testNode(opts ...nodeOpts) *structs.Node {
+	n := mock.Node()
+	n.ID = testNodeID()
+
+	n.SecretID = "ab9812d3-6a21-40d3-973d-d9d2174a23ee"
+
+	for _, opt := range opts {
+		opt(n)
+	}
+	return n
+}
+
+func testNodeID() string {
+	return "9d5741c1-3899-498a-98dd-eb3c05665863"
+}
+
+func testNodeIDTwo() string {
+	return "694ff31d-8c59-4030-ac83-e15692560c8d"
+}
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_changes.go b/nomad/state/state_changes.go
index a71056e0f9d0..f105f49b5f35 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_changes.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_changes.go
@@ -1,10 +1,16 @@
 package state
 
 import (
+	"context"
 	"fmt"
 
 	"github.com/hashicorp/go-memdb"
 	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/stream"
+	"github.com/hashicorp/nomad/nomad/structs"
+)
+
+const (
+	CtxMsgType = "type"
 )
 
 // ReadTxn is implemented by memdb.Txn to perform read operations.
@@ -21,6 +27,7 @@ type Changes struct {
 	// Index is the latest index at the time these changes were committed.
 	Index   uint64
 	Changes memdb.Changes
+	MsgType structs.MessageType
 }
 
 // changeTrackerDB is a thin wrapper around memdb.DB which enables TrackChanges on
@@ -81,6 +88,18 @@ func (c *changeTrackerDB) WriteTxn(idx uint64) *txn {
 	return t
 }
 
+// WriteTxnCtx is identical to WriteTxn but takes a ctx used for event sourcing
+func (c *changeTrackerDB) WriteTxnCtx(ctx context.Context, idx uint64) *txn {
+	t := &txn{
+		ctx:     ctx,
+		Txn:     c.db.Txn(true),
+		Index:   idx,
+		publish: c.publish,
+	}
+	t.Txn.TrackChanges()
+	return t
+}
+
 func (c *changeTrackerDB) publish(changes Changes) error {
 	readOnlyTx := c.db.Txn(false)
 	defer readOnlyTx.Abort()
@@ -113,6 +132,9 @@ func (c *changeTrackerDB) WriteTxnRestore() *txn {
 // error. Any errors from the callback would be lost,  which would result in a
 // missing change event, even though the state store had changed.
 type txn struct {
+	// ctx is used to hold message type information from an FSM request
+	ctx context.Context
+
 	*memdb.Txn
 	// Index in raft where the write is occurring. The value is zero for a
 	// read-only, or WriteTxnRestore transaction.
@@ -136,6 +158,7 @@ func (tx *txn) Commit() error {
 		changes := Changes{
 			Index:   tx.Index,
 			Changes: tx.Txn.Changes(),
+			MsgType: tx.MsgType(),
 		}
 		if err := tx.publish(changes); err != nil {
 			return err
@@ -146,7 +169,35 @@ func (tx *txn) Commit() error {
 	return nil
 }
 
+// MsgType returns a MessageType from the txn's context.
+// If the context is empty or the value isn't set IgnoreUnknownTypeFlag will
+// be returned to signal that the MsgType is unknown.
+func (tx *txn) MsgType() structs.MessageType {
+	if tx.ctx == nil {
+		return structs.IgnoreUnknownTypeFlag
+	}
+
+	raw := tx.ctx.Value(CtxMsgType)
+	if raw == nil {
+		return structs.IgnoreUnknownTypeFlag
+	}
+
+	msgType, ok := raw.(structs.MessageType)
+	if !ok {
+		return structs.IgnoreUnknownTypeFlag
+	}
+	return msgType
+}
+
 func processDBChanges(tx ReadTxn, changes Changes) ([]stream.Event, error) {
-	// TODO: add  handlers here.
+	switch changes.MsgType {
+	case structs.IgnoreUnknownTypeFlag:
+		// unknown event type
+		return []stream.Event{}, nil
+	case structs.NodeRegisterRequestType:
+		return NodeRegisterEventFromChanges(tx, changes)
+	case structs.NodeDeregisterRequestType:
+		return NodeDeregisterEventFromChanges(tx, changes)
+	}
 	return []stream.Event{}, nil
 }
diff --git a/nomad/state/state_store.go b/nomad/state/state_store.go
index 32bf37396cd5..7616951974a5 100644
--- a/nomad/state/state_store.go
+++ b/nomad/state/state_store.go
@@ -206,10 +206,16 @@ func (s *StateStore) AbandonCh() <-chan struct{} {
 // Abandon is used to signal that the given state store has been abandoned.
 // Calling this more than one time will panic.
 func (s *StateStore) Abandon() {
-	s.stopEventPublisher()
+	s.StopEventPublisher()
 	close(s.abandonCh)
 }
 
+// StopStopEventPublisher calls the cancel func for the state stores event
+// publisher. It should be called during server shutdown.
+func (s *StateStore) StopEventPublisher() {
+	s.stopEventPublisher()
+}
+
 // QueryFn is the definition of a function that can be used to implement a basic
 // blocking query against the state store.
 type QueryFn func(memdb.WatchSet, *StateStore) (resp interface{}, index uint64, err error)
@@ -740,6 +746,21 @@ func (s *StateStore) ScalingEventsByJob(ws memdb.WatchSet, namespace, jobID stri
 	return nil, 0, nil
 }
 
+// UpsertNodeCtx is used to register a node or update a node definition
+// This is assumed to be triggered by the client, so we retain the value
+// of drain/eligibility which is set by the scheduler.
+func (s *StateStore) UpsertNodeCtx(ctx context.Context, index uint64, node *structs.Node) error {
+	txn := s.db.WriteTxnCtx(ctx, index)
+	defer txn.Abort()
+
+	err := upsertNodeTxn(txn, index, node)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	txn.Commit()
+	return nil
+}
+
 // UpsertNode is used to register a node or update a node definition
 // This is assumed to be triggered by the client, so we retain the value
 // of drain/eligibility which is set by the scheduler.
@@ -747,6 +768,15 @@ func (s *StateStore) UpsertNode(index uint64, node *structs.Node) error {
 	txn := s.db.WriteTxn(index)
 	defer txn.Abort()
 
+	err := upsertNodeTxn(txn, index, node)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	txn.Commit()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func upsertNodeTxn(txn *txn, index uint64, node *structs.Node) error {
 	// Check if the node already exists
 	existing, err := txn.First("nodes", "id", node.ID)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -795,19 +825,40 @@ func (s *StateStore) UpsertNode(index uint64, node *structs.Node) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("csi plugin update failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
+	return nil
+}
+
+// DeleteNode deregisters a batch of nodes
+func (s *StateStore) DeleteNodeCtx(ctx context.Context, index uint64, nodes []string) error {
+	txn := s.db.WriteTxnCtx(ctx, index)
+	defer txn.Abort()
+
+	err := deleteNodeTxn(txn, index, nodes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
 	txn.Commit()
 	return nil
 }
 
 // DeleteNode deregisters a batch of nodes
 func (s *StateStore) DeleteNode(index uint64, nodes []string) error {
+	txn := s.db.WriteTxn(index)
+	defer txn.Abort()
+
+	err := deleteNodeTxn(txn, index, nodes)
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil
+	}
+	txn.Commit()
+	return nil
+}
+
+func deleteNodeTxn(txn *txn, index uint64, nodes []string) error {
 	if len(nodes) == 0 {
 		return fmt.Errorf("node ids missing")
 	}
 
-	txn := s.db.WriteTxn(index)
-	defer txn.Abort()
-
 	for _, nodeID := range nodes {
 		existing, err := txn.First("nodes", "id", nodeID)
 		if err != nil {
@@ -832,7 +883,6 @@ func (s *StateStore) DeleteNode(index uint64, nodes []string) error {
 		return fmt.Errorf("index update failed: %v", err)
 	}
 
-	txn.Commit()
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/nomad/state/testing.go b/nomad/state/testing.go
index de069e4098b4..6aa9039f4d79 100644
--- a/nomad/state/testing.go
+++ b/nomad/state/testing.go
@@ -24,6 +24,25 @@ func TestStateStore(t testing.T) *StateStore {
 	return state
 }
 
+func TestStateStorePublisher(t testing.T) *StateStoreConfig {
+	return &StateStoreConfig{
+		Logger:          testlog.HCLogger(t),
+		Region:          "global",
+		EnablePublisher: true,
+	}
+}
+func TestStateStoreCfg(t testing.T, cfg *StateStoreConfig) *StateStore {
+	state, err := NewStateStore(cfg)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("err: %v", err)
+	}
+
+	if state == nil {
+		t.Fatalf("missing state")
+	}
+	return state
+}
+
 // CreateTestCSIPlugin is a helper that generates the node + fingerprint results necessary
 // to create a CSIPlugin by directly inserting into the state store. The plugin requires a
 // controller.