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SB1155 • 2026

Alcoholic Beverages

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

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Sponsor
Crowe, Alexander
Last action
2025-04-30
Official status
Effective date(s) 04/11/2025
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not support the claim about extending special alcohol sale times beyond 30 days. The bill summary and text do not mention this specific change.

Alcoholic Beverage Hours in Johnson City

This bill allows Johnson City to set specific hours for selling or giving away alcoholic drinks within its downtown district.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law to give Johnson City permission to decide when alcohol can be sold or given away in a part of town it chooses.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Businesses in Johnson City’s designated downtown area that sell or give away alcohol.
  • People who buy or receive alcoholic drinks from businesses in the specified downtown area of Johnson City.

Terms To Know

licensee
A business that has permission to sell or give away alcoholic beverages.
downtown district
An area in the center of a city where many businesses and activities take place.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only affects Johnson City and does not apply to other cities or towns.
  • It is unclear how this change will affect local business operations beyond the specified time limits.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB1361

Plain English: The amendment adds definitions and allows certain municipalities with specific population ranges to set their own hours for selling alcohol in downtown areas.

  • Defines 'downtown district' as the central business area of a home rule municipality in counties with populations between 133,000 and 133,100 according to the latest federal census.
  • Allows municipalities with designated downtown districts to set their own hours for selling or giving away alcoholic beverages within those areas.
  • The amendment text does not specify which other laws might be overridden by this new provision.
Amendment 1-0 to SB1155

Plain English: The amendment adds definitions and allows certain municipalities with specific population ranges to set their own hours for selling alcohol in downtown areas.

  • Defines 'downtown district' as the central business area of a home rule municipality in counties with populations between 133,000 and 133,100 according to the latest federal census.
  • Allows municipalities with designated downtown districts to set their own hours for selling or giving away alcoholic beverages within those areas.
  • The amendment text does not specify which other laws might be overridden by this new provision.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 04/11/2025

  2. 2025-04-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 181

  3. 2025-04-30 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 181

  4. 2025-04-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  7. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  8. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  9. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 83, Nays 6, PNV 6

  10. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0203)

  11. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  12. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  13. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  14. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  15. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  16. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 1

  17. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0196)

  18. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2025

  19. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/27/2025

  20. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  21. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025

  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. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  25. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  26. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/18/2025

  27. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  28. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  29. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee

  30. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to State & Local Government Committee

  31. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  32. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  33. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  34. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  35. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  36. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  37. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  38. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON MARCH 27, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1
AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1155, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, authorize Johnson City

to
set the hours that licensees within
a
downtown district
designated by the municipality
are authorized to sell or give away alcoholic beverages.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HOUSE BILL 1361
By Alexander

SENATE BILL 1155
By Crowe

SB1155
003278
- 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, Section 57-4-304(a), is amended by deleting
the language "may extend for not to exceed thirty (30) days" and substituting instead "may
extend for not to exceed forty-five (45) days".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.