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HJR 364

Memorials, Recognition - TailGate Brewery, 10th anniversary -

114th Regular Session (2025-2026) Introduced by Bo Mitchell

TailGate Brewery is honored for a decade of growth, community impact, and employee-focused practices across Tennessee.

Signed by Governor.
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Bill Summary · HJR 364

Summary of House Joint Resolution 364 (HJR 364) — TailGate Brewery, 10th Anniversary

Overview

HJR 364 is a ceremonial joint resolution in recognition of TailGate Brewery on its tenth anniversary in Nashville. Introduced March 12, 2025 by Rep. Mitchell, the bill was approved by the General Assembly and signed by the Governor, finalizing on April 1, 2025. The resolution acknowledges TailGate’s growth, community impact, and employee-focused practices, and requests that an official copy be prepared for presentation.

Purpose and Intent

  • Honor TailGate Brewery for its ten years of operation in Nashville and its status as a prominent Tennessee craft beer producer.
  • Recognize the business milestones, expansion across the state, and commitment to employees as part of TailGate’s success story.
  • Celebrate the company’s contributions to Tennessee’s craft beer scene and local economy.

Key Provisions (Substantive Provisions)

  • Acknowledges TailGate Brewery as a model of growth and quality beer production in Tennessee.
  • Documents founder Wes Keegan’s relocation of TailGate from San Diego to Nashville in fall 2014, with the company’s seven-acre headquarters established in West Nashville (opened February 2015) and significant expansion since.
  • Recites TailGate’s scale: about 250 employees and nine Tennessee breweries; the original Nashville location houses a 50-barrel brewing system producing more than 300 recipes per year.
  • Lists expansion across Tennessee: Music Row (2016), East Nashville (2018), Nashville International Airport (2021), Germantown, Hendersonville, Chattanooga (2022), South Nashville (2023), Murfreesboro (2024).
  • Highlights TailGate’s trio of core offerings: cold, creative beer; pizza; and friendly customer service.
  • Notes TailGate’s employee-centric practices, including paying 100% health-care benefits for all employees beginning July 2022, inspired by the founder’s late father.
  • Provides standard ceremonial language: the House and Senate concur and honor the owner, management, and employees on the ten-year milestone; directs the preparation of an appropriate copy for presentation.
  • Contains the customary clause that the final copy omit the clause and that the language following the State seal appear without House or Senate designation when presented.

Who/What Is Affected

  • TailGate Brewery and its employees, management, and supporters.
  • The broader Tennessee craft beer community and local economies that benefit from TailGate’s growth and employment.
  • The public as recipients of a ceremonial acknowledgment recognizing local entrepreneurship.

Procedural and Timeline Aspects

  • Introduced: March 12, 2025.
  • Sponsor: Mitchell.
  • March 17, 2025: Sponsor additions; adoption on House floor (Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 1).
  • March 18–24, 2025: Engrossed, transmitted to Senate; Senate actions include concurrence (Ayes 33, Nays 0).
  • March 26, 2025: Signed by Senate Speaker; enrolled; ready for H. Speaker’s signature.
  • March 27, 2025: Transmitted to the Governor.
  • April 1, 2025: Signed by Governor.
  • Status: Signed into law as a memorial resolution; no new laws or appropriations are created.

Impact

  • Purely ceremonial and commemorative; no regulatory changes or fiscal implications.
  • Serves to publicly recognize TailGate Brewery’s decade of operation, growth, and employee-centric practices, and to mark its place in Tennessee’s cultural and economic landscape.

Compiled from official sources — confirm details with the bill’s official record.

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