---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wine & Wineries - As enacted, authorizes a winery direct shipper that produces or manufactures less than 270,000 liters of wine per calendar year to ship up to 54 liters of wine to an individual per calendar year. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207 and Section 57-3-217."
description: "Wine & Wineries - As enacted, authorizes a winery direct shipper that produces or manufactures less than 270,000 liters of wine per calendar year to ship up to 54 liters of wine to an individual per calendar year. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207 and Section 57-3-217."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1611"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1611 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wine & Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Bailey", "Sexton C"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 44
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/36a6b3d2-521c-4ac6-b94c-b0ee95721b73"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1611&GA=112"
source_hash: "75f652cf028c1424f6e780692792b3f2f5da99ddcf2aeaf01b40c68086b3dd05"
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 1611 (112) — Wine & Wineries - As enacted, authorizes a winery direct shipper that produces or manufactures less than 270,000 liters of wine per calendar year to ship up to 54 liters of wine to an individual per calendar year. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207 and Section 57-3-217.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0298** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0298.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0333** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0333.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB1611.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **27–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/14/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 4/6/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **82–4** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/13/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/22/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Bailey — primary (person)
- Sexton C — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2021-03-08** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-24** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-30** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee of State Government Committee
- **2021-04-01** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-05** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Reset on Final calendar of Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 4/13/2021
- **2021-04-13** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Action deferred in Senate State and Local Government Committee to 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/15/2021
- **2021-04-15** Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-23** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2021-04-26** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-04-26** Passed Senate, Ayes 27, Nays 0, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0333)
- **2021-04-26** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2021-04-26** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-04-26** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2021-04-26** Passed H., as am., Ayes 82, Nays 4, PNV 4 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0298) `amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-04** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2021-05-12** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-19** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 425
- **2021-05-19** Effective date(s) 05/12/2021
- **2021-05-19** Pub. Ch. 425

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/36a6b3d2-521c-4ac6-b94c-b0ee95721b73`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).