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HB0642 • 2026

Alcoholic Beverage Commission

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

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Sponsor
Carringer, Briggs
Last action
2025-03-18
Official status
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on whether the bill requires submission of reports to specific committees or updates other parts of Tennessee's alcohol-related laws beyond changing the filing date.

Changing Report Filing Date for Alcoholic Beverage Commission

This bill changes the filing deadline for the annual report from March 1st to February 15th.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the filing deadline for the annual report from March 1st to February 15th.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Alcoholic Beverage Commission of Tennessee
  • Executive Director of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission

Terms To Know

Alcoholic Beverage Commission
A government agency that oversees rules about alcoholic drinks.
Annual Report
A yearly report given to committees by the executive director of an organization.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not change other parts of how the Alcoholic Beverage Commission works.
  • It is unclear what specific changes this will bring beyond altering the filing date.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State & Local Government Committee

  2. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  3. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee to 3/18/2025

  4. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  5. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee

  6. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  7. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  9. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  10. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  11. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  12. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 309
By Briggs

HOUSE BILL 642
By Carringer

HB0642
001735
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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, Section 57-1-209(b), is amended by deleting
the language "March 1" and substituting instead "February 15".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.