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HB0142 • 2026

Alcoholic Beverages

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, relative to alcoholic beverages.

Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
McCalmon, Lowe
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 358
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does not provide a specific effective date, only that it takes effect upon becoming law.

Alcoholic Beverage Sales and Tastings

This bill allows wineries and manufacturers with shared ownership of at least 51% to sell their products in overlapping areas for tasting and retail sales if both businesses are located on the same contiguous property.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a winery and manufacturer with shared ownership of at least 51% to designate an area where they can offer tastings and make retail sales if both businesses are located on the same piece of land.
  • Requires that the winery and manufacturer's premises be contiguous (touching) and on the same property.
  • Specifies that all alcoholic beverages sold in these overlapping areas must be made or produced at the same location.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Wineries and manufacturers with shared ownership of at least 51% who are located on the same contiguous property.

Terms To Know

contiguous
next to each other, touching

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify an effective date.
  • It only applies to wineries and manufacturers with shared ownership on the same property.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 358

  2. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 05/05/2025

  3. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 358

  4. 2025-05-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-04-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  7. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  8. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  9. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  10. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  11. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 15, PNV 4

  12. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  13. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar 4/17/2025

  14. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Objected to on Consent Calendar.

  15. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/16/2025

  16. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2025

  17. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  18. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025

  19. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025

  20. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025

  21. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025

  22. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025

  23. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025

  24. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025

  25. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  26. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/11/2025

  27. 2025-02-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  28. 2025-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  29. 2025-02-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0

  30. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/24/2025

  31. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  32. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 2/18/2025

  33. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee

  34. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  35. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk pending appointment of Standing Committees

  36. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  37. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee

  38. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  39. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  40. 2025-01-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

This bill authorizes
a winery
licensed
pursuant to state law
and a manufacturer licensed
pursuant to state law
operating on overlapping premises
to
designate an area of the entities' respective premises that overlap each other for purposes of offering product tastings and making retai
l sales for consumption on or off of such premises if
all of the following criteria is met:



The premises of the winery and the premises of the manufacturer are contiguous and

located on the same deeded property
.



The licensee shares a common ownership of at least 51% in both the winery and manufacturer
.



All alcoholic beverages and wine sold by the winery and manufacturer within such overlapping premises are manufactured or produced on-site at the same deeded property by either the winery or manufacturer sharing the overlapping premises.

This bill clarifies that "overlapping premises"
does not include the bonded premises of the winery or the manufacturer.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 111
By Lowe

HOUSE BILL 142
By McCalmon

HB0142
000684
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57,
relative to alcoholic beverages.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, Chapter 3, Part 2, is amended by
adding the following new section:
(a) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, a winery licensed under § 57-3-
207 and a manufacturer licensed under § 57-3-202 operating on overlapping premises
may designate an area of the entities' respective premises that overlap each other for
purposes of offering product tastings and making retail sales for consumption on or off of
such premises if:
(1) The premises of the winery as defined in § 57-3-207(f)(3) and the
premises of the manufacturer as defined in § 57-3-202(i)(4)(B):
(A) Are contiguous; and
(B) Are located on the same deeded property;
(2) The licensee shares a common ownership of at least fifty-one percent
(51%) in both the winery and manufacturer; and
(3) All alcoholic beverages and wine sold by the winery and manufacturer
within such overlapping premises are manufactured or produced on-site at the
same deeded property by either the winery or manufacturer sharing the
overlapping premises.
(b) For purposes of this section, "overlapping premises" does not include the
bonded premises of the winery or the manufacturer.

- 2 - 000684

SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.