---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages."
description: "Allows a food hall that: (1) is located in a certified technology park; and (2) is not located in a historic district or historic building; to be eligible for a food hall master permit. Provides that a project that: (1) borders a lake that is at least 750 acres; and (2) is within a municipality; is eligible for a municipal riverfront development project retailer's permit. Allows a person who holds: (1) a restaurant permit in an economic development area; and (2) an interest in a brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery (production facility) located on or adjacent to the restaurant; to sell alcoholic beverages manufactured at the production facility for carryout in the restaurant's general merchandising area and from a self-serving display. Provides that a minor may: (1) be in the restaurant's general merchandising area; and (2) participate in a nondrinking tour of the production facility, if the minor is accompanied by an adult family member."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 310"
citation: "Indiana SB 310 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "Licenses", "Permits", "and Taxes", "ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Smaltz", "Chris Garten", "Ed Charbonneau", "Ron Alting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 39
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-11"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a8c29f63-3101-4c42-acaa-b50c2846fc92"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/310"
source_hash: "2daea9f56e521ec2d93d565b777fa7d65c1b4355829c61c71153be414cf361a4"
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 310 (2021) — Alcoholic beverages.

Allows a food hall that: (1) is located in a certified technology park; and (2) is not located in a historic district or historic building; to be eligible for a food hall master permit. Provides that a project that: (1) borders a lake that is at least 750 acres; and (2) is within a municipality; is eligible for a municipal riverfront development project retailer's permit. Allows a person who holds: (1) a restaurant permit in an economic development area; and (2) an interest in a brewery, farm winery, or artisan distillery (production facility) located on or adjacent to the restaurant; to sell alcoholic beverages manufactured at the production facility for carryout in the restaurant's general merchandising area and from a self-serving display. Provides that a minor may: (1) be in the restaurant's general merchandising area; and (2) participate in a nondrinking tour of the production facility, if the minor is accompanied by an adult family member.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0310/versions/SB0310.04.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0310/versions/SB0310.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0310/versions/SB0310.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0310/versions/SB0310.03.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0310/versions/SB0310.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 310 - Charbonneau - 3rd Reading — **41–5** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Edmond Soliday — cosponsor (person)
- Jon Ford — coauthor (person)
- Karen Tallian — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mike Aylesworth — cosponsor (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
- Terri Jo Austin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-11** Authored by Senators Charbonneau, Alting, Garten
- **2021-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Senator Ford Jon added as coauthor
- **2021-01-25** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2021-01-28** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-28** Senator Tallian added as coauthor
- **2021-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 57: yeas 41, nays 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** House sponsor: Representative Smaltz
- **2021-02-02** Cosponsors: Representatives Soliday and Aylesworth
- **2021-02-04** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2021-02-05** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Representative Austin added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-05** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Amendment #1 (Smaltz) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-04-12** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 435: yeas 87, nays 4 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-14** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-14** Motion to dissent filed
- **2021-04-14** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-14** House conferees appointed: Smaltz and Moed
- **2021-04-14** House advisors appointed: Soliday, Aylesworth, Austin and Summers
- **2021-04-15** Senate conferees appointed: Charbonneau and Niezgodski
- **2021-04-15** Senate advisors appointed: Alting, Breaux and Ford Jon
- **2021-04-19** Senator Niemeyer added as advisor
- **2021-04-19** Senator Niemeyer added as coauthor
- **2021-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2021-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2021-04-21** Motion to withdraw CCR #1: prevailed
- **2021-04-21** CCR # 2 filed in the Senate
- **2021-04-21** CCR # 2 filed in the House
- **2021-04-22** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the House; Roll Call 504: yeas 91, nays 6
- **2021-04-22** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 2: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 490: yeas 42, nays 7
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 150

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a8c29f63-3101-4c42-acaa-b50c2846fc92`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).