Monitoring the Session

SB 1184

restaurants can buy 10-year-old collector wine now

Became law, effective Sep 1, 2025

Verdict: No flags

No flagsInitial review
Sen. Brandon CreightonRSenate 4

Initial review · graded Oct 20, 2026 · Headline, summary and grade are analysis of the bill text, not a finding about any person · How we grade

Caption

relating to the age of wine authorized to be sold by a wine collection seller.

Caption from analyzed text · version I.

Summary

The minimum age drops from 20 years to 10.

The bill lowers the minimum age of wine that a wine collection seller may sell to a permitted restaurant from 20 years to 10 years. It touches wine collection sellers and the restaurants that buy from them. Once it takes effect on September 1, 2025, these sellers can sell sealed wine that is 10 or more years old to restaurants, not just 20-year-old bottles.

Labels

Labels: QUICK READ: 123 WORDS. The bill as filed runs 123 words, counting the existing law it amends and the text it strikes. The median 89R bill as filed runs 441 words (derived, 8,702 graded bills, snapshot Oct 19, 2026).

Receipt

The receipt

89R-SB1184 · 2025-02-07

SOLD BY

Sen. Brandon CreightonRSenate 4

ITEM

relating to the age of wine authorized to be sold by a wine collection seller.

WHAT IT DOES

The minimum age drops from 20 years to 10.

The bill lowers the minimum age of wine that a wine collection seller may sell to a permitted restaurant from 20 years to 10 years. It touches wine collection sellers and the restaurants that buy from them. Once it takes effect on September 1, 2025, these sellers can sell sealed wine that is 10 or more years old to restaurants, not just 20-year-old bottles.

CHARGES

[ ] NONE FOUND

TOTAL

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 1, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

HISTORY

  1. Received by the Secretary of the Senate
  2. Filed
  3. Read first time
  4. Referred to State Affairs
  5. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  6. Considered in public hearing
  7. Testimony taken in committee
  8. Left pending in committee
  9. Considered in public hearing
  10. Vote taken in committee
  11. Vote reconsidered in committee
  12. Vote taken in committee
  13. Reported favorably w/o amendments
  14. Committee report printed and distributed
  15. Placed on intent calendar
  16. Rules suspended-Regular order of business
  17. Vote recorded in Journal
  18. Read 2nd time & passed to engrossment
  19. Vote recorded in Journal
  20. Three day rule suspended
  21. Record vote
  22. Read 3rd time
  23. Passed
  24. Record vote
  25. Reported engrossed
  26. Received from the Senate
  27. Read first time
  28. Referred to Licensing & Administrative Procedures
  29. Posting rule suspended
  30. Scheduled for public hearing on . . .
  31. Considered in public hearing
  32. Testimony taken/registration(s) recorded in committee
  33. Left pending in committee
  34. Considered in public hearing
  35. Reported favorably w/o amendment(s)
  36. Comte report filed with Committee Coordinator
  37. Committee report distributed
  38. Committee report sent to Calendars
  39. Considered in Calendars
  40. Placed on General State Calendar
  41. Read 2nd time
  42. Passed to 3rd reading
  43. Record vote RV#3097
  44. Statement(s) of vote recorded in Journal
  45. Read 3rd time
  46. Passed
  47. Record vote RV#3146
  48. House passage reported
  49. Reported enrolled
  50. Signed in the Senate
  51. Signed in the House
  52. Sent to the Governor
  53. Signed by the Governor
  54. Effective on 9/1/25
FILED UNDER

No verified beat found.

SIGNED FOR BY

House · 129 yea · 16 nay

Senate · 30 yea · 1 nay

Sources

House: Final passage · May 21, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate: Final passage · Apr 22, 2025. Journal. Published stock for this vote. Snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

All floor motions and other positions below.

No flags

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CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

CAMPAIGN PAID FOR BY

Brandon Creighton

Donors

Donors report through Friends of Brandon Creighton.

Not tied to this bill.

Sources

The author's campaign account only. Own money and internal transfers are separate on the member page.

$0 raised since Jul 1, 2024. Derived sum of published report totals. blank in the state's data, consistent with zero. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 4 of 4 filed reports carry a published figure.

Report 101060909: Published total from the filed report. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. Filed report 101060909

$0 spent Jan 1, 2026 to Jun 30, 2026. Published total from the filed report. Flow, Jan 1, 2026 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026. 1 of 1 filed reports carry a published figure.

Report 101060909: Published total from the filed report. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. Filed report 101060909

$0 cash on hand. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

$0 loans outstanding. Published report total. Stock, as of Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Derived sum of itemized contributions in regular reports and uncovered special-session dates. Unitemized contributions are not included. Flow, Jul 1, 2024 through Jun 30, 2026. State filing data as of Nov 4, 2026.

Money

Missing data does not establish zero giving. Display amounts are rounded.

Votes5

House May 21, 2025

Yea
129
Nay
16
Present, not voting
2
Absent
1
Excused
2
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 3146

SB 1184 was passed by (Record 3146): 129 Yeas, 16 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 129 (published)
  • Nay: 16 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 1 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 2 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

House May 20, 2025

Yea
129
Nay
15
Present, not voting
2
Absent
0
Excused
4
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

House journal

Sources

Record 3097

SB 1184 was passed to third reading by (Record 3097): 129 Yeas, 15 Nays, 2 Present, not voting.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 129 (published)
  • Nay: 15 (published)
  • Present, not voting: 2 (published)
  • Absent: 0 (derived from named list)
  • Excused: 4 (derived from named list)

House journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 22, 2025

Yea
30
Nay
1
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
Not printed
Excused
Not printed
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.

Sources

The bill was read third time and was passed by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1. (Same as previous roll call)

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 30 (published)
  • Nay: 1 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: Not printed
  • Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 22, 2025

Yea
30
Nay
1
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
Not printed
Excused
Not printed
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.

Sources

Senator Creighton moved that Senate Rule 7.18 and the Constitutional Rule requiring bills to be read on three several days be suspended and that SB 1184 be placed on its third reading and final passage. The motion prevailed by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: 30 (published)
  • Nay: 1 (published)
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: Not printed
  • Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Senate Apr 22, 2025

Yea
Not printed
Nay
Not printed
Present, not voting
Not printed
Absent
Not printed
Excused
Not printed
Names

Named positions matched to lawmakers. See the journal for unmatched names.

Senate journal

Names were not printed for yea. Only the named positions are included in member records.

Voice vote. No numeric tally or individual yeas are inferred.

Sources

Senator Creighton moved to suspend the regular order of business to take up for consideration SB 1184 at this time on its second reading: SB 1184, Relating to the age of wine authorized to be sold by a wine collection seller. The motion prevailed. Senator Perry asked to be recorded as voting "Nay" on suspension of the regular order of business. The bill was read second time and was passed to engrossment by a viva voce vote.

Published stock of positions for this vote, except where marked derived.

  • Yea: Not printed
  • Nay: Not printed
  • Present, not voting: Not printed
  • Absent: Not printed
  • Excused: Not printed

Senate journal. Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

Witnesses18
For
9
Against
7
On
2
Names

For

  • Houston Oaks1 registration
  • Self6 registrations
  • Self; Houston Oaks1 registration
  • William Chris Wine Company1 registration

Against

  • Self; Republic National Distributing Company1 registration
  • Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits2 registrations
  • Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Texas3 registrations
  • Wine and Spirits Wholesalers of Texas (WSWT)1 registration

On

  • TABC2 registrations
Sources

18 parsed registrations across the loaded witness lists.

Derived stock of witness registrations. Repeated appearances count separately. Organizations and self-representation appear as printed.

House witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Senate witness list. Source snapshot 2026-10-20, Central time.

Fiscal

No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.

LBB estimate · fiscal note version I · source

Sources

Fiscal note · version I · April 1, 2025

No first-year general revenue figure available here.

LBB published estimates · flow over the stated periods.

Source snapshot 2026-10-19, Central time.

How this was graded

Analysis of text version I by claude-opus-5-5, Oct 20, 2026, against the published rubric.

Sources

Texas Senate · Filed Feb 7, 2025

06/20/2025 E Effective on 9/1/25

Texas Legislature Online · Introduced · Senate Committee Report · Engrossed · House Committee Report · Enrolled

Data snapshot Oct 26, 2026 at 4:20 AM CDT. Grades, charges, quotes and corrections follow the published record.

Sponsors
Dade PhelanRHouse 21

House committee · Licensing & Administrative Procedures · Committee vote 10 aye, 0 nay, 3 absent · Out of committee

Senate committee · State Affairs · Committee vote 9 aye, 1 nay, 1 absent · Out of committee

Subjects

Alcoholic Beverage Regulation

WINE & WINERIES

Text

The text as introduced · 123 words

89R9602 SCF-D

By: Creighton
S.B. No. 1184

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the age of wine authorized to be sold by a wine

collection seller.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 111.002, Alcoholic Beverage Code, is

amended to read as follows:

Sec. 111.002. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES. A wine collection

seller may sell to a permitted restaurant wine that is:

(1) lawfully owned or possessed by the wine collection

seller;

(2) in an original container sealed by the

manufacturer; and

(3) manufactured not less than 10 [ 20 ] years before

the date the wine collection seller sells the wine to a permitted

restaurant.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.