# Tennessee SB 1816: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, Chapter 3, relative to manufacturing of alcohol.

Tennessee SB 1816, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, Chapter 3, relative to manufacturing of alcohol., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-05 (Effective date(s) 04/27/2026); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-11-01).

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## Facts
- Bill: Tennessee SB 1816
- State: Tennessee
- Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026)
- Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 57, Chapter 3, relative to manufacturing of alcohol.
- Status: signed
- Chamber: Senate
- Introduced: 2026-01-20
- Last action: 2026-05-05, Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- Sponsors: no sponsor on record
- Cosponsors: 0
- Subjects: Alcoholic Beverages
- Touches household money: yes
- Roll calls: 2 (40 yes, 0 no in all)
- Economic provisions PRIA read: 1

## Summary

No summary available.

## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read

- Alcohol maker definitions removed from law: mixed, low. The law deletes the definitions of "Manufacture" and "Manufacturer" in Tennessee alcohol law. The deleted list included brewing high‑alcohol beer, distilling, rectifying, bottling spirits, and operating a winery. Without these definitions in that section, rules that use those terms may be read diff…

## Sponsors and cosponsors

- (none)

## Roll call votes

| Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-03-09 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/9/2026 | pass | 32 | 0 |   |
| 2026-03-03 | Senate | SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 0 |   |

## Actions (18)

- 2026-05-05: Effective date(s) 04/27/2026
- 2026-05-05: Pub. Ch. 833
- 2026-04-27: Signed by Governor. (Senate)
- 2026-04-17: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate)
- 2026-04-16: Signed by H. Speaker (House)
- 2026-04-15: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate)
- 2026-04-15: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate)
- 2026-04-13: Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 (House)
- 2026-04-13: Subst. for comp. HB. (House)
- 2026-03-12: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House)
- 2026-03-09: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate)
- 2026-03-09: Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Senate)
- 2026-03-06: Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/9/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-03-03: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Senate)
- 2026-02-24: Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/3/2026 (Senate)
- 2026-01-22: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee (Senate)
- 2026-01-21: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate)
- 2026-01-20: Filed for introduction (Senate)

## Bill text

- Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0833.pdf)
- Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1816.pdf)
- Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1816.pdf)

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## Sources
- [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0833.pdf)
- [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1816.pdf)
- [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1816.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1816-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).