---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning alcohol and tobacco."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning alcohol and tobacco."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1496"
citation: "Indiana HB 1496 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "Licenses", "Permits", "and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Smaltz", "Mark Messmer", "Ron Alting"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 36
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-18"
last_action: "2017-05-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6924ba54-719b-49ef-a9b5-001390a42c6b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1496"
source_hash: "c46674fe43c0754fd59cf64d8154403dbedf790a188e291616b56b66c04801b8"
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 1496 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning alcohol and tobacco.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1496/versions/hb1496.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1496/versions/hb1496.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1496/versions/hb1496.03.coms)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1496/versions/hb1496.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1496/versions/hb1496.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1496 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — **88–4** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1496 - Alting - 3rd Reading — **40–8** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Greg Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Stoops — cosponsor (person)
- Matt Lehman — coauthor (person)
- Philip GiaQuinta — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-18** Authored by Representative Smaltz
- **2017-01-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-01-26** Representative Clere added as coauthor
- **2017-02-06** Representative GiaQuinta added as coauthor
- **2017-02-14** Representative Lehman added as coauthor
- **2017-02-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-27** Senate sponsor: Senator Alting
- **2017-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 227: yeas 88, nays 4 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-30** Senator Taylor G added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-03** Senator Stoops added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-03** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-04-05** Amendment #2 (Alting) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-04-05** Senator Messmer added as second sponsor
- **2017-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 425: yeas 40, nays 8 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-10** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** House conferees appointed: Smaltz and GiaQuinta
- **2017-04-11** House advisors appointed: Schaibley, Clere, Lehman, Austin, Brown C, Macer and Stemler
- **2017-04-12** Senate advisors appointed: Messmer, Lanane, Boots, Sandlin and Merritt
- **2017-04-12** Senate conferees appointed: Alting and Tallian
- **2017-04-12** Representative Judy added as advisor
- **2017-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 523: yeas 43, nays 6
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 547: yeas 84, nays 14
- **2017-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-27** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-05-02** Public Law 270
- **2017-05-02** 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/6924ba54-719b-49ef-a9b5-001390a42c6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).