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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 603
SENATE BILL NO. 192
By Walley
Substituted for: House Bill No. 200
By Gary Hicks, Atchley, Farmer, McCalmon
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 57-3-202(i)(1), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:
(i)(1) A manufacturer's license issued to or renewed by a manufacturer under this
section shall also allow such manufacturer to sell at retail on the licensed premises of
the manufacturer products that are manufactured on the manufacturer's premises as
well as a product for which a manufacturer owns the intellectual property rights and
that the manufacturer received bottled as imported from Mexico, and that is in
compliance with all United States federal regulatory requirements for the importation
of the product and all established standards of the federal government of Mexico and
the Consejo Regulador del Tequila that designate the product as a distinctive product
that must be manufactured in Mexico. A manufacturer shall not sell more than five
gallons (5 gals.) or one-sixth (1/6) of a barrel of its products to any one (1) individual
per visit to the premises. The manufacturer may serve samples of the product
manufactured or distilled at the premises or imported and registered for distribution
and sale in this state in accordance with this section and applicable state law to any
person of legal drinking age with or without cost or may include such samples as part
of a tour of the manufacturer's or distiller's premises available to the public with or
without cost. Such samples may be made available at any location on the
manufacturing premises permitted by federal law. The manufacturer shall disclose to
the commission the location where samples are available. The hours of sale for the
manufacturer to sell products at retail shall be between the hours of eight o'clock a.m.
(8:00 a.m.) and eleven o'clock p.m. (11 :00 p.m.) on Monday through Saturday and
between the hours of ten o'clock a.m. (10:00 a.m.) and eleven o'clock p.m. (11 :00
p.m.) on Sunday.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-3-202(i)(4)(A) is amended by deleting
the subdivision and substituting:
(A) A distiller's license issued or renewed under this section authorizes a distillery to
sell to any. person of legal drinking age alcoholic beverages for consumption on the premises
of the distillery, other than the bonded premises, where such consumption is also permitted
by federal law. Distilled spirits sold under this subdivision (i)(4) must be manufactured on the
premises of the distillery or otherwise lawfully obtained in accordance with the provisions of
this section.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 192
PASSED: March 9, 2026
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