Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly

Tennessee SB2452: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7 and Title 57, relative to events.

Status: Chaptered, May 27, 2026

Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 15, 2026, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2452, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to authorize consumption 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 "event-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. ON APRIL 21, 2026, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 2452 FOR HOUSE BILL 2341, ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 2452, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 makes the following changes:  Revises the definition of "premises" to refer to one or more establishments licensed that are located within or adjacent to a premises for which a