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HB1652

Alcoholic Beverages

Last scannedAug 22, 2026, 4:14 AM

In one sentence

ON APRIL 14, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1620, AS AMENDED.

What it does

  • ON APRIL 14, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1620, AS AMENDED.
  • AMENDMENT #2 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the following revisions to present law:  Establishes each of the following as a "premier type tourist resort" that can offer liquor by the drink: o New Cumberland Resort o Tossed Italian Grill o Madison Social Club o Sunset Marina and Resort o Ancient Lore Village o Hensley's Corner Market and Grill o Island Pointe Golf Course o Estate at Sweetwater Creek o Loser's Most Wanted Bar/Riley Green's Duck Blind o Ocoee Cigar Lounge o USA Raft Adventure Resort o Grateful Shed o Lodge 2A o 111 Motorcars o Ernest Tubb Record Shop and Hank Williams Boogie Bar o W Nashville o Rallo's Bar & Grill o Belle Meade Village o Paseo Nashville o Ciel of Germantown o Riverbend Country Club Golf Course o Volunteer Club, LLC  Establishes each of the following as a "restaurant" that can offer liquor by the drink: o Speedy B's/Krish Enterprise Inc.
  • o Jose Casa's Mexican Restaurant  Establishes the Harrell Performing Arts Theater as a "community theater" that can offer liquor by the drink.
  •  Establishes the Cheekwood Golf Club as a "club" that can offer liquor by the drink.

Who it affects

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Limits and unknowns

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Official record

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Official summary

ON APRIL 14, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1620, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the following revisions to present law:  Establishes each of the following as a "premier type tourist resort" that can offer liquor by the drink: o New Cumberland Resort o Tossed Italian Grill o Madison Social Club o Sunset Marina and Resort o Ancient Lore Village o Hensley's Corner Market and Grill o Island Pointe Golf Course o Estate at Sweetwater Creek o Loser's Most Wanted Bar/Riley Green's Duck Blind o Ocoee Cigar Lounge o USA Raft Adventure Resort o Grateful Shed o Lodge 2A o 111 Motorcars o Ernest Tubb Record Shop and Hank Williams Boogie Bar o W Nashville o Rallo's Bar & Grill o Belle Meade Village o Paseo Nashville o Ciel of Germantown o Riverbend Country Club Golf Course o Volunteer Club, LLC  Establishes each of the following as a "restaurant" that can offer liquor by the drink: o Speedy B's/Krish Enterprise Inc. o Jose Casa's Mexican Restaurant  Establishes the Harrell Performing Arts Theater as a "community theater" that can offer liquor by the drink.  Establishes the Cheekwood Golf Club as a "club" that can offer liquor by the drink.  Establishes Crestmoor at Green Hills as a "retirement center" that can offer liquor by the drink.  Establishes Market Square in Knoxville as a "premises" that can offer liquor by the drink.  Establishes Tan Assets, LLC, as a "commercial passenger boat company" that can offer liquor by the drink.  Clarifies that, for the purposes of establishing "restaurants" that can offer liquor by the drink, such a term also means a commercially operated facility that is located within a special historic district.  Clarifies that a "commercial passenger boat company" that can offer liquor by the drink is authorized to store alcoholic beverages and beer at any location within a county in which the vessel docks, if the docking location is within the boundaries of a local government that has approved the sale of alcoholic beverages.

Official activity

Bill history

  1. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1074
  2. Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
  3. Pub. Ch. 1074
  4. Signed by Governor.
  5. Transmitted to Governor for action.
  6. Signed by H. Speaker
  7. Signed by Senate Speaker
  8. Enrolled and ready for signatures
  9. Sponsor(s) Added.
  10. Comp. SB subst.
  11. Passed H., Ayes 69, Nays 13, PNV 5
  12. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA1095)
  13. Subst. for comp. HB.
  14. Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
  15. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/16/2026
  16. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/14/2026
  17. Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
  18. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
  19. Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 24, Nays 2, PNV 2
  20. Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0508)

Changes

Amendments

3 stored

HA1095

House State & Local Government 1 Amendment No.

SA0508

Senate State and Local Government 1 Amendment No.

SA0941

Senate Finance, Ways, and Means 1 Amendment No.