---
type: "Bill"
title: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, broadens offense of property owner allowing an \"underage adult\" to consume alcohol to apply to all minors; sets a mandatory fine for convictions offenses related to providing alcohol to minors. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4; Title 40, Chapter 32 and Title 57."
description: "Criminal Offenses - As enacted, broadens offense of property owner allowing an \"underage adult\" to consume alcohol to apply to all minors; sets a mandatory fine for convictions offenses related to providing alcohol to minors. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4; Title 40, Chapter 32 and Title 57."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 157"
citation: "Tennessee SB 157 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Criminal Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Briggs", "Zachary"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 39
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2021-01-12"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c843ea10-f7b0-4786-b3a3-8925c6619a3b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0157&GA=112"
source_hash: "9e752728efe6147cf97cf8471273e292710ed0a2bb7b8e3a7855758e9307a78f"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 157 (112) — Criminal Offenses - As enacted, broadens offense of property owner allowing an "underage adult" to consume alcohol to apply to all minors; sets a mandatory fine for convictions offenses related to providing alcohol to minors. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 15, Part 4; Title 40, Chapter 32 and Title 57.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0157.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/21/2021 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/1/2021 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/10/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2021 4/26/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2021 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed (2) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2021 Passed (1) — **91–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee 3/3/2021 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/23/2021 Passed (2) — **8–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Briggs — primary (person)
- Zachary — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-12** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-13** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-01-14** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** P2C, ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-01-15** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-01** Assigned to s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-08** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee
- **2021-02-10** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/16/2021
- **2021-02-18** Placed on Senate Judiciary Committee calendar for 2/23/2021
- **2021-02-23** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-02-24** Placed on s/c cal Criminal Justice Subcommittee for 3/3/2021
- **2021-02-25** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/1/2021
- **2021-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-01** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on cal. Criminal Justice Committee for 3/10/2021
- **2021-03-03** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-03** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Criminal Justice Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-04** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-10** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/24/2021
- **2021-03-17** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed behind the budget
- **2021-04-19** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/21/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-21** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-26** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 91, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
- **2021-05-19** Pub. Ch. 430
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 430

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c843ea10-f7b0-4786-b3a3-8925c6619a3b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).