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SB0111 • 2026

Alcoholic Beverages

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

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Sponsor
Lowe, McCalmon
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
Effective date(s) 05/05/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

Checked against official source text during the last sync.

Alcoholic Beverage Rules for Tennessee

This bill allows wineries and manufacturers that share ownership and are on the same property to sell their products in overlapping areas and offer tastings.

What This Bill Does

  • Allows a winery and manufacturer, if they meet certain conditions, to designate an area where both can sell their products for tasting or retail sale.
  • Requires the winery and manufacturer to share at least 51% ownership and be on the same property with contiguous premises.
  • Specifies that all alcoholic beverages sold must be made on-site by either the winery or manufacturer.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Wineries licensed under Tennessee law
  • Manufacturers licensed under Tennessee law

Terms To Know

contiguous premises
Areas that are next to each other without any interruption or gap.
overlapping premises
Shared areas where both a winery and manufacturer can sell their products for tasting or retail sale.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not apply to bonded premises of the winery or manufacturer.
  • It is unclear how this will affect existing businesses that do not meet these conditions.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 05/05/2025

  2. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 358

  3. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became 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

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

  10. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  11. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  12. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  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

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

  37. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  38. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  39. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  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 
HOUSE BILL 142
By McCalmon

SENATE BILL 111
By Lowe

SB0111
000684
- 1 -

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.