---
type: "Bill"
title: "Wine & Wineries - As enacted, exempts the sale of wine for consumption on the premises of a winery or farm wine producer, including the premises of a satellite facility, including tastings and sealed bottles sold at retail for consumption on the premises, from the liquor-by-the-drink tax on alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207."
description: "Wine & Wineries - As enacted, exempts the sale of wine for consumption on the premises of a winery or farm wine producer, including the premises of a satellite facility, including tastings and sealed bottles sold at retail for consumption on the premises, from the liquor-by-the-drink tax on alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "HB 160"
citation: "Tennessee HB 160 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Wine & Wineries"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["McCalmon"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 38
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/81ef82aa-0285-4635-ac61-95b3801501ba"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=HB0160&ga=114"
source_hash: "fb7069b826557550cddd533b496ec4bbdbe12c2b0e2107f46bc66b121fc66fe1"
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 HB 160 (114) — Wine & Wineries - As enacted, exempts the sale of wine for consumption on the premises of a winery or farm wine producer, including the premises of a satellite facility, including tastings and sealed bottles sold at retail for consumption on the premises, from the liquor-by-the-drink tax on alcoholic beverages. - Amends TCA Section 57-3-207.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB0160.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/9/2025 Passed — **20–1** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (3) — **27–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2025 Passed (4) — **11–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee 3/11/2025 Passed (5) — **7–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025 Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025 Passed (1) — **77–15** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025 4/17/2025 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- McCalmon — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-16** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** P2C, ref. to State & Local Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
- **2025-03-11** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State & Local Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-26** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/2/2025
- **2025-03-26** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/2/2025
- **2025-04-02** Placed on cal. State & Local Government Committee for 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-02** Action def. in State & Local Government Committee to 4/9/2025
- **2025-04-03** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-09** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2025-04-09** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-10** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
- **2025-04-14** Placed behind the budget
- **2025-04-16** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025
- **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2025-04-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. `receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Passed H., Ayes 77, Nays 15, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2025-04-21** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-04-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 28, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-04-28** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. `enrolled`
- **2025-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-08** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-05-09** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-27** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-27** Pub. Ch. 477

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/81ef82aa-0285-4635-ac61-95b3801501ba`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).