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SB0788 • 2026

Taxes, Privilege

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, relative to the beer barrelage tax.

Agriculture Taxes
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Sponsor
Walley, Marsh
Last action
2026-04-14
Official status
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not specify exact amounts of money that will be moved from the general fund to the Department of Agriculture.

Beer Barrelage Tax Change

This bill changes how money from a tax on beer barrels is used by moving three percent of that money to help Tennessee's farmers and brewers.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the way money collected from a tax on beer barrels is spent.
  • Takes three percent of the money that goes into the state’s general fund and gives it to the Department of Agriculture instead.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The people who pay the beer barrelage tax.
  • Tennessee farmers and brewers.
  • The state’s general fund and Department of Agriculture.

Terms To Know

Beer Barrelage Tax
A tax that is charged based on how many barrels of beer are made or sold in Tennessee.
General Fund
The main account where the state keeps money to pay for different government programs and services.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is not clear exactly how much money will be moved from the general fund to the Department of Agriculture.
  • This bill has not yet been passed into law, so it could still change or fail to become a law.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

  2. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  3. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  4. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  5. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  6. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  7. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  8. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/11/2025

  9. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 3/11/2025

  10. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  11. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/4/2025

  12. 2025-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/26/2025

  13. 2025-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Meeting Canceled

  14. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  15. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 2/19/2025

  16. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  17. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  18. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  19. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  20. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  21. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 831
By Marsh

SENATE BILL 788
By Walley

SB0788
001012
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57,
relative to the beer barrelage tax.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-5-205, is amended by adding the
following at the end of subdivision (2):
Of the allocation of the tax provided to the general fund of the state, three percent (3%)
of that amount must be provided to the department of agriculture for the purposes of
supporting growth in the utilization of agricultural products of this state in brewing and in
the promotion of the growth of the brewing industry in this state.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.