---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverage permits for county fairs."
description: "Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue a permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages on the grounds of a county fair conducted by a local board, subject to certain limitations and requirements. Adds participation in an event sponsored by a local board to the activities permissible within the scope of a permit held by a farm winery, a small brewer, an artisan distiller, a beer retailer, a liquor retailer, and a wine retailer. Adds the state fair and a county fair that is issued a permit to the exceptions to the minor loitering statute."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 23"
citation: "Indiana SB 23 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC)", "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Alcohol Products", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alaina Shonkwiler", "Brett Clark", "Kyle Walker", "Ron Alting"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-08"
last_action: "2026-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb0d6428-0702-401e-bc7e-91d004fddaf1"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0023"
source_hash: "c60fe98a384dab80dd32782a1ddb305f1b980de58e879d4457c6741f0349df82"
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 23 (2026) — Alcoholic beverage permits for county fairs.

Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue a permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages on the grounds of a county fair conducted by a local board, subject to certain limitations and requirements. Adds participation in an event sponsored by a local board to the activities permissible within the scope of a permit held by a farm winery, a small brewer, an artisan distiller, a beer retailer, a liquor retailer, and a wine retailer. Adds the state fair and a county fair that is issued a permit to the exceptions to the minor loitering statute.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0023/SB0023.04.ENRH.pdf)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0023/SB0023.01.INTR.pdf)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0023/SB0023.02.COMS.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0023/SB0023.03.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 23 - Clark - 3rd Reading — **36–9** (pass) · upper
- SB 23 - Shonkwiler - 3rd Reading — **66–22** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alaina Shonkwiler — primary (person)
- Brett Clark — primary (person)
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Dan Dernulc — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Ethan Lawson — cosponsor (person)
- Justin Busch — coauthor (person)
- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
- Mark Spencer — coauthor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-08** Authored by Senator Clark
- **2025-12-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-08** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
- **2026-01-08** Senators Rogers, Doriot added as coauthors
- **2026-01-08** Senator Alting added as second author
- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Senator Walker K added as third author
- **2026-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-27** Senators Busch, Dernulc, Becker, Spencer, Niezgodski added as coauthors
- **2026-01-27** Cosponsor: Representative Lawson
- **2026-01-27** House sponsor: Representative Shonkwiler
- **2026-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 89: yeas 36, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** Referred to the House `referral`
- **2026-01-29** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 247: yeas 66, nays 22 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-18** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-02-24** Public Law 6 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb0d6428-0702-401e-bc7e-91d004fddaf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).