republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-2197.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages to enter into an alternating proprietorship agreement with one or more manufacturers for the purpose of alternating the use of a bonded or general premises between the manufacturers for the purpose of manufacturing alcoholic beverages, including high alcohol content beer. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3."
description: "Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages to enter into an alternating proprietorship agreement with one or more manufacturers for the purpose of alternating the use of a bonded or general premises between the manufacturers for the purpose of manufacturing alcoholic beverages, including high alcohol content beer. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2197"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2197 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Alcoholic Beverages"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Freeman", "Johnson"]
version_count: 2
action_count: 34
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2022-01-31"
last_action: "2022-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/23c23888-32c4-4155-a4c0-a9f703ff1144"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2197&GA=112"
source_hash: "fe80bf4ad84225ab40fb2f4f3e7eb4a9baef7290d755e23e9ed13b8c42447668"
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 2197 (112) — Alcoholic Beverages - As enacted, authorizes a manufacturer of alcoholic beverages to enter into an alternating proprietorship agreement with one or more manufacturers for the purpose of alternating the use of a bonded or general premises between the manufacturers for the purpose of manufacturing alcoholic beverages, including high alcohol content beer. - Amends TCA Title 57, Chapter 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment SA0549** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0549.pdf)
2. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2197.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE STATE GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/22/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE DEPARTMENTS & AGENCIES SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee 2/15/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 2/28/2022 Passed (2) — **76–12** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 1 3/14/2022 Passed (1) — **83–9** (pass) · lower
- SENATE STATE & LOCAL GOVERNMENT COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/1/2022 Passed (2) — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/7/2022 Passed (1) — **26–2** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022 2/24/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Freeman — primary (person)
- Johnson — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-31** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-02** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-02-03** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate State and Local Government Committee
- **2022-02-03** P2C, ref. to State Government Committee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-07** Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal Departments & Agencies Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to State Government Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. State Government Committee for 2/22/2022
- **2022-02-22** Placed on Senate State and Local Government Committee calendar for 3/1/2022
- **2022-02-22** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-23** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/24/2022
- **2022-02-24** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 2/28/2022
- **2022-02-28** Passed H., Ayes 76, Nays 12, PNV 3 `passage`
- **2022-03-01** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-01** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-01** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2022-03-03** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/7/2022
- **2022-03-03** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-03-07** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2022-03-07** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 2, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2022-03-07** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0549)
- **2022-03-07** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2022-03-10** H. Placed on Message Calendar
- **2022-03-14** H. concurred in S. am. no. 1 Ayes 83, Nays 9 PNV 2 HB2238
- **2022-03-16** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-16** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2022-03-17** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2022-03-28** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-30** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 689
- **2022-03-30** Effective date(s) 03/28/2022
- **2022-03-30** Pub. Ch. 689

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/23c23888-32c4-4155-a4c0-a9f703ff1144`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).