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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Alcoholic beverages and tobacco."
+description: "Adds the following to the definition of \"entertainment complex\": (1) A premises located within a five mile (instead of four mile) radius of the center of a consolidated city. (2) A premises used as a museum of fine arts. (3) A premises that has a 200 person audience capacity and artist housing. Provides that a primary source of supply, manufacturer, or wholesaler may supply equipment on a temporary and nondiscriminatory basis to the holder of a retailer permit or a temporary permit for the purpose of holding, storing, and dispensing product to consumers for a special event for the duration of the special event. Makes the following changes regarding breweries: (1) Removes a requirement that the 90,000 barrel limit per calendar year applies to beer manufactured at a brewery located in Indiana. (2) Allows a small brewery to receive, bottle, and package beer from another small brewery if certain requirements are met. (3) Allows a small brewery to sell or transfer beer to certain food manufacturers for the purpose of adding or integrating the beer into a product or recipe. (4) Provides that a product that contains transferred beer may not contain more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume when the product leaves the food manufacturer's facility. Provides for permits for beer or liquor dealer employees who deliver alcoholic beverages. Increases, within a certain historic district, the number of alcoholic beverage restaurant permits from 10 to 15, and changes certain other requirements. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to issue a certain number of three-way permits to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in the: (1) cities of Auburn, Kendallville, and Warsaw; and (2) towns of Winona Lake and Syracuse. Permits the issuance of three new three-way permits and three new two-way permits to the town of Whitestown. Requires the commission to issue a beer dealer's permit and a wine dealer's permit to an eligible grocery store. Increases the limit on the amount of liquor that an artisan distiller may produce in a calendar year from 10,000 to 20,000 gallons. Amends the conditions in which a minor can lawfully be in a room on a licensed premises in which is located a bar over which alcoholic beverages are sold or dispensed by the drink. Modifies the definition of \"tobacco product\", for purposes of the law concerning issuance of a tobacco sales certificate, to include a product that contains nicotine and is not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for tobacco cessation. Provides that an e-liquid distributor shall purchase and distribute e-liquid from an: (1) Indiana e-liquid manufacturer that has a valid e-liquid manufacturing permit; or (2) Indiana e-liquid distributor that has a valid e-liquid manufacturing permit or a valid tobacco distributor's license."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2023"
+identifier: "HB 1200"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1200 (2023)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "Alcohol and Tobacco Commission", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "Licenses", "Permits", "and Taxes", "CIGARETTES", "CIGARS", "AND TOBACCO; CIGARETTE TAX", "INDIANAPOLIS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Eric Koch", "Steve Bartels"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 34
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2023-01-10"
+last_action: "2023-05-04"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f87ddb0c-49c7-46c0-b7a5-ef3a57f8509b"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1200"
+source_hash: "80b0a4cbcbc6bc1deb979cfa3781c61066eaf72fecfae647a19f969dfac9a6c9"
+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-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1200 (2023) — Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.
+
+Adds the following to the definition of "entertainment complex": (1) A premises located within a five mile (instead of four mile) radius of the center of a consolidated city. (2) A premises used as a museum of fine arts. (3) A premises that has a 200 person audience capacity and artist housing. Provides that a primary source of supply, manufacturer, or wholesaler may supply equipment on a temporary and nondiscriminatory basis to the holder of a retailer permit or a temporary permit for the purpose of holding, storing, and dispensing product to consumers for a special event for the duration of the special event. Makes the following changes regarding breweries: (1) Removes a requirement that the 90,000 barrel limit per calendar year applies to beer manufactured at a brewery located in Indiana. (2) Allows a small brewery to receive, bottle, and package beer from another small brewery if certain requirements are met. (3) Allows a small brewery to sell or transfer beer to certain food manufacturers for the purpose of adding or integrating the beer into a product or recipe. (4) Provides that a product that contains transferred beer may not contain more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume when the product leaves the food manufacturer's facility. Provides for permits for beer or liquor dealer employees who deliver alcoholic beverages. Increases, within a certain historic district, the number of alcoholic beverage restaurant permits from 10 to 15, and changes certain other requirements. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to issue a certain number of three-way permits to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in the: (1) cities of Auburn, Kendallville, and Warsaw; and (2) towns of Winona Lake and Syracuse. Permits the issuance of three new three-way permits and three new two-way permits to the town of Whitestown. Requires the commission to issue a beer dealer's permit and a wine dealer's permit to an eligible grocery store. Increases the limit on the amount of liquor that an artisan distiller may produce in a calendar year from 10,000 to 20,000 gallons. Amends the conditions in which a minor can lawfully be in a room on a licensed premises in which is located a bar over which alcoholic beverages are sold or dispensed by the drink. Modifies the definition of "tobacco product", for purposes of the law concerning issuance of a tobacco sales certificate, to include a product that contains nicotine and is not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for tobacco cessation. Provides that an e-liquid distributor shall purchase and distribute e-liquid from an: (1) Indiana e-liquid manufacturer that has a valid e-liquid manufacturing permit; or (2) Indiana e-liquid distributor that has a valid e-liquid manufacturing permit or a valid tobacco distributor's license.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1200/versions/HB1200.04.ENRS)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1200/versions/HB1200.02.COMH)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1200/versions/HB1200.03.COMS)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1200/versions/HB1200.01.INTR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1200 - Garten - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Chris Garten — primary (person)
+- Eric Koch — primary (person)
+- Steve Bartels — primary (person)
+- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
+- Jack Jordan — coauthor (person)
+- Kyle Pierce — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2023-01-10** Coauthored by Representative Miller D
+- **2023-01-10** Authored by Representative Bartels
+- **2023-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-01-17** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-01-19** Amendment #1 (Campbell) failed; Roll Call 10: yeas 28, nays 64 `amendment-failure, failure`
+- **2023-01-19** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-01-19** Representative Jordan added as coauthor
+- **2023-01-23** Representative Pierce K added as coauthor
+- **2023-01-23** Senate sponsor: Senator Garten
+- **2023-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 21: yeas 97, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-01-24** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2023-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2023-04-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2023-04-06** Senator Koch added as second sponsor
+- **2023-04-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2023-04-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 368: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2023-04-12** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2023-04-18** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
+- **2023-04-19** House dissented from Senate amendments
+- **2023-04-19** House conferees appointed: Bartels and Bartlett
+- **2023-04-19** House advisors appointed: Miller D, Lehman, Campbell and Pierce K
+- **2023-04-20** Senate conferees appointed: Garten and Pol
+- **2023-04-20** Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Koch
+- **2023-04-25** Representative Bartels removed as conferee
+- **2023-04-25** Representative Manning added as conferee
+- **2023-04-27** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
+- **2023-04-27** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
+- **2023-04-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 541: yeas 90, nays 4
+- **2023-04-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 521: yeas 40, nays 10
+- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2023-04-28** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2023-05-04** Public Law 220 `became-law`
+- **2023-05-04** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f87ddb0c-49c7-46c0-b7a5-ef3a57f8509b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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