Alcoholic Beverages

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Alcoholic Beverages

ON APRIL 15, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2452, AS AMENDED.

What This Bill Does

• ON APRIL 15, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2452, AS AMENDED.
• AMENDMENT #1 r ewrites this bill to authorize c onsumption of alcoholic beverages and beer on the premises of a temporary special event zone located within a central business improvement district in Davidson County, subject to approval of a local ordinance establishing such zone.
• Consumption of alcoholic beverages and beer on the premises of a temporary special event zone is authorized only: ( 1 ) For the duration of an event approved by a temporary special event zone ordinance that is conducted within the premises as described and approved by the temporary special event zone ordinance; and ( 2 ) If alcoholic beverages and beer are sold or served by a licensed establishment in an event-designed to-go cup within the temporary special event zone ; provided, that a licensed establishment is not required to use an event-designed to-go cup for purposes of consumption on the premises of the licensed establishment .
• For purposes of this amendment, an " e vent-designed to-go cup" is a cup that is designed by the organization named in the temporary special event zone ordinance and county permit application that is sold by a licensed establishment within the premises approved and described by the temporary special event zone ordinance and that has affixed to such cup a sticker identifying the licensed establishment that sold the alcoholic beverage or beer .

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Official Summary Text

ON APRIL 15, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2452, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 r
ewrites this bill to authorize

c
onsumption of alcoholic beverages and beer on the premises
of a temporary special event zone located within
a
central business improvement district
in Davidson County, subject to approval of a local ordinance establishing such zone.

Consumption of alcoholic beverages and beer on the premises
of a temporary special event zone
is authorized only:

(
1
) For the duration of an event approved by a temporary special event zone ordinance that is conducted within the premises as described and approved by the temporary special event zone ordinance; and

(
2
) If alcoholic beverages and beer are sold or served by a licensed establishment in an event-designed to-go cup within the temporary special event zone
;
provided, that a licensed establishment is not required to use an event-designed to-go cup for purposes of consumption on the premises of the licensed establishment
.

For purposes of this amendment, an
"
e
vent-designed to-go cup" is a cup that is designed by the organization named in the temporary special event zone ordinance and county permit application that is sold by a
licensed
establishment within the premises approved and described by the temporary special event zone ordinance and that has affixed to such cup a sticker identifying the licensed establishment that sold the alcoholic beverage or beer
.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 2341
By Vaughan

SENATE BILL 2452
By Johnson
SB2452
012748
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and
Title 57, relative to events.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-4-101(o), is amended by deleting
the subsection and substituting:
(o) It is lawful to furnish, dispense, or give away alcoholic beverages and beer
without a license or permit issued by the commission at a private party or private event;
provided, that a person at such party or event shall not furnish, dispense, or give away
alcoholic beverages or beer to a person who is not twenty-one (21) years of age or
older.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-4-101(g)(2), is amended by
adding the following language at the end of the subdivision:
The owner or operator of the event shall submit with the request for approval for
the event proof satisfactory that the owner or operator has taken reasonable
steps to ensure that alcoholic beverages are not served to persons who are not
twenty-one (21) years of age or older in attendance at the event.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.