Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes the consumption of alcoholic beverages and beer on the premises of a temporary special event zone located in Davidson County, subject to certain requirements. - Amends TCA Tit, the official text

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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1138

                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 2452

                                                     By Johnson, Walley

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No. 2341

                                                           By Vaughan

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 57-4-102(31), is amended by adding the
following as a new subdivision (F):

                    (F) "Premises," when:

                              (i) Referring to one (1) or more establishments licensed under this chapter that
                    are located within or adjacent to a premises for which a license has been issued
                    under subdivision (18) or (37) in conjunction with an event approved by a temporary
                    special event zone ordinance in a county having a metropolitan form of government
                    with a population in excess of five hundred thousand (500,000), according to the
                    2020 federal census or any subsequent federal census;

                    includes the area described in subdivision (31)(F)(i);

                              (ii) Consumption of alcoholic beverages and beer on the premises as defined
                    in this subdivision (31 )(F) is authorized:

                                        (a) For events licensed under subdivision (31 )(F)(i) and authorized
                              under a temporary special event zone ordinance; and

                                        (b) For the duration of an event approved by the commission under
                              subdivision (31)(F)(i). In order for an alcoholic beverage or beer sold by a
                              licensed establishment to be consumed by customers outside its regular
                              licensed premises in the larger event premises, the alcoholic beverage or beer
                              must be in an event-designed to-go cup that is purchased from the designated
                              event permit holder;

                              (iii) Notwithstanding this subdivision (31 )(F), only the organization named in
                    the temporary special event zone ordinance and county permit application may sell
                    an event-designed to-go cup to the licensed establishments described in subdivision
                    (31 )(F)(i);

                              (iv) For purposes of consumption on the premises as defined under this
                    subdivision (31 )(F), an alcoholic beverage or beer must be in an event-designed to-
                    go cup that is labeled in a manner that identifies the licensed establishment that sold
                    the alcoholic beverage or beer at retail to a patron; and

                              (v) As used in this subdivision (31 )(F), "event-designed to-go cup" means a
                    cup designed by the organization named in the temporary special event zone
                    ordinance and the county permit application, and sold by an establishment licensed
                    under this chapter within the premises approved by the commission pursuant to this
                    subdivision (31 )(F);

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 2452

PASSED:  April 22, 2026

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                                             RANDY M\NALLY
                              SPEAKER OF THE ~ENA TE

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                         CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

j APPROVED this ;:)J.'('{) day of {Y]a,  2026

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                   BILL LEE, GOVERNOR