---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcohol matters."
description: "Provides that the bulk wine purchasing limits for farm wineries apply only to wine sold directly to a consumer in Indiana, and that no limit is imposed on the amount of bulk wine that may be used in producing wine sold through a wholesaler or sold outside of Indiana. Allows the holder of an artisan distiller permit to also hold a distiller's permit. Provides that a holder of an artisan distiller's permit that also holds an interest in a distiller's permit may manufacture and bottle liquor on the same equipment on the premises of the artisan distillery. Requires a permit holder to store liquor manufactured or bottled under an artisan distiller's permit in an area separate and distinct at all times from the liquor manufactured under a distiller's permit. Also requires that the manufacture, bottling, and storage of liquor under certain provisions must conform with federal laws, rules, and regulations."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 144"
citation: "Indiana SB 144 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "Licenses", "Permits", "and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jon Ford", "Mark Messmer", "Peggy Mayfield", "Ron Alting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 32
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4ae3f1e5-7027-44aa-996b-cb543819ddb4"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/144"
source_hash: "477cb4bed0288ee16cc7d1b43f600b8bb143fb143093f527f5ffd8b0eccfbce7"
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 (2021) — Alcohol matters.

Provides that the bulk wine purchasing limits for farm wineries apply only to wine sold directly to a consumer in Indiana, and that no limit is imposed on the amount of bulk wine that may be used in producing wine sold through a wholesaler or sold outside of Indiana. Allows the holder of an artisan distiller permit to also hold a distiller's permit. Provides that a holder of an artisan distiller's permit that also holds an interest in a distiller's permit may manufacture and bottle liquor on the same equipment on the premises of the artisan distillery. Requires a permit holder to store liquor manufactured or bottled under an artisan distiller's permit in an area separate and distinct at all times from the liquor manufactured under a distiller's permit. Also requires that the manufacture, bottling, and storage of liquor under certain provisions must conform with federal laws, rules, and regulations.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0144/versions/SB0144.05.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0144/versions/SB0144.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0144/versions/SB0144.04.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0144/versions/SB0144.03.COMS)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0144/versions/SB0144.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 144 - Mayfield - 3rd Reading — **93–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Peggy Mayfield — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- Jeff Ellington — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
- Terri Jo Austin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Authored by Senator Bray
- **2021-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Public Policy `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Senator Bray removed as author
- **2021-02-11** Senator Messmer added as author
- **2021-02-15** Senator Alting added as second author
- **2021-02-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Senator Ford Jon added as third author
- **2021-02-18** Senator Grooms added as coauthor
- **2021-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-23** House sponsor: Representative Smaltz
- **2021-02-23** Cosponsor: Representative Mayfield
- **2021-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 174: yeas 42, nays 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-24** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-09** Representative Austin added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-29** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Representatives Mayfield and Austin removed as cosponsors
- **2021-03-30** Representative Smaltz removed as sponsor
- **2021-03-30** Representative Mayfield added as sponsor
- **2021-04-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-01** Representative Austin added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 351: yeas 93, nays 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-05** Representative Ellington added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-06** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-08** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 372: yeas 40, nays 7 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-19** Public Law 68

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4ae3f1e5-7027-44aa-996b-cb543819ddb4`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).