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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices."
+description: "Increases the penalty for a person who: (1) makes a delivery sale of an e-liquid to an individual less than 21 years of age; (2) sells or distributes a tobacco product to a person less than 21 years of age; and (3) purchases a tobacco product for a person less than 21 years of age; from a Class C infraction to a Class B infraction. Makes it a Class B infraction for a person to make a delivery sale of a vapor device to an individual less than 21 years of age. Makes it a Class B infraction for a person to: (1) sell or distribute a vapor device to a person less than 21 years of age; and (2) purchase a vapor device for a person less than 21 years of age. Makes it a Class C infraction for a person less than 21 years of age to purchase, accept, or possess a vapor device. Prohibits a person from advertising an e-liquid or a vapor product, by any medium, within 1,000 feet of school property."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2026"
+identifier: "SB 144"
+citation: "Indiana SB 144 (2026)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ADVERTISEMENTS AND NOTICES", "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Alcohol Products", "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Tobacco and Nicotine Products", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "SCHOOLS; Buildings and Grounds"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Elizabeth Rowray", "Mike Bohacek", "Scott Alexander"]
+version_count: 6
+action_count: 35
+vote_count: 4
+first_action: "2026-01-05"
+last_action: "2026-03-05"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad073d47-552d-4d7e-91a0-2a311b9f8a84"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0144"
+source_hash: "ed4fa686d35e437981faff88c0f9472b80064a4fd85e358a74f2a627bbcae4d7"
+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 SB 144 (2026) — Tobacco, e-liquid, and vapor devices.
+
+Increases the penalty for a person who: (1) makes a delivery sale of an e-liquid to an individual less than 21 years of age; (2) sells or distributes a tobacco product to a person less than 21 years of age; and (3) purchases a tobacco product for a person less than 21 years of age; from a Class C infraction to a Class B infraction. Makes it a Class B infraction for a person to make a delivery sale of a vapor device to an individual less than 21 years of age. Makes it a Class B infraction for a person to: (1) sell or distribute a vapor device to a person less than 21 years of age; and (2) purchase a vapor device for a person less than 21 years of age. Makes it a Class C infraction for a person less than 21 years of age to purchase, accept, or possess a vapor device. Prohibits a person from advertising an e-liquid or a vapor product, by any medium, within 1,000 feet of school property.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0144/SB0144.03.ENGS.pdf)
+2. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0144/SB0144.05.ENGH.pdf)
+3. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0144/SB0144.06.ENRH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0144/SB0144.01.INTR.pdf)
+5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0144/SB0144.04.COMH.pdf)
+6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0144/SB0144.02.COMS.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 144 - Alexander — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 144 - Alexander - 3rd Reading — **44–0** (pass) · upper
+- SB 144 - Rowray - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower
+- SB 144 - Rowray — **96–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
+- Elizabeth Rowray — primary (person)
+- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
+- Scott Alexander — primary (person)
+- Daryl Schmitt — coauthor (person)
+- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
+- J.D. Prescott — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
+- Spencer Deery — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2026-01-05** Authored by Senator Alexander
+- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-01-12** Senator Freeman added as second author
+- **2026-01-12** Senator Bohacek added as third author
+- **2026-01-12** Senators Koch, Deery added as coauthors
+- **2026-01-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-01-20** Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-01-20** Senator Rogers added as coauthor
+- **2026-01-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-01-22** Senator Schmitt added as coauthor
+- **2026-01-22** House sponsor: Representative Rowray
+- **2026-01-22** Cosponsor: Representative Prescott
+- **2026-01-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 50: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-01-23** Referred to the House `referral`
+- **2026-01-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2026-02-19** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2026-02-23** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2026-02-23** Amendment #1 (Burton) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
+- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 341: yeas 97, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2026-02-25** Senate dissented from House amendments
+- **2026-02-25** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
+- **2026-02-25** Senate conferees appointed: Alexander, Niezgodski
+- **2026-02-25** Senate advisors appointed: Freeman, Jackson L
+- **2026-02-25** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
+- **2026-02-25** House conferees appointed: Rowray, DeLaney
+- **2026-02-25** House advisors appointed: Prescott, Bascom, Manning, Burton, Gore
+- **2026-02-27** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
+- **2026-03-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2026-02-27** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
+- **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 320: yeas 50, nays 0
+- **2026-02-27** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 417: yeas 96, nays 0
+- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2026-03-05** Public Law 141 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad073d47-552d-4d7e-91a0-2a311b9f8a84`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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