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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 191

                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 604

                      By Representatives Lamberth, Helton-Haynes, Davis, White

                                        Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 622

                                                     By Senator Briggs

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 55 and Title 57, relative to the
alcoholic beverage commission.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 55-10-120, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:

                    (d)

                              (1) A law enforcement agency shall provide records related to an
                    accident, the persons involved in such accident, and persons involved in
                    providing or selling alcoholic beverages to persons involved in an accident upon
                    receipt of a request for such records by the alcoholic beverage commission.

                              (2) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, the alcoholic beverage
                    commission shall keep the records received pursuant to subdivision (d)(1)
                    confidential and shall not provide such records to the public.

                              (3) Records described in subdivision (d)(1) that are used in a regulatory
                    hearing must be protected from disclosure to any person other than the court and
                    the parties involved in such regulatory hearing.

                              (4) The alcoholic beverage commission shall deny a request for records
                    described in subdivision (d)(1) and inform the requester of their ability to file a
                    similar request with the law enforcement agency that created the record.

          SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 57-3-104(c)(3), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting instead:

                     (3) Investigate a violation, whether criminal or regulatory in nature, of this title; a
          violation of this title in relation to a motor vehicle accident involving alcoholic beverages;
          or any other matter in which the commission has criminal or regulatory jurisdiction. As a
          part of any such investigation, the commission may summon or subpoena witnesses,
          information, or documentation relevant to such investigation, including requesting
           records pursuant to§ 55-10-120(d);

           SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 604

PASSED:  March 31, 2025

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