---
type: "Bill"
title: "Alcoholic beverages."
description: "Provides that the alcohol and tobacco commission may not require physical separation between a bar area and a dining area in a food hall. Reduces the length of time that an applicant for an artisan distiller's permit must hold another permit prior to the date of the application. Creates a temporary craft manufacturer hospitality permit (hospitality permit) that allows a craft manufacturer to participate in a convention, a trade show, an exposition, or a similar event on the licensed premises of a particular host permittee. Specifies certain requirements and restrictions concerning a hospitality permit. Makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1298"
citation: "Indiana HB 1298 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "Alcohol and Tobacco Commission", "ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES", "Licenses", "Permits", "and Taxes"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Ben Smaltz", "Mark Messmer", "Ron Alting"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-11"
last_action: "2022-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9b03b2fb-3b90-41db-bcaa-c615e31cc485"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1298"
source_hash: "61a9c92909093f149d52f24ee4e8c916cd2eb677ad00093e1819a236ca8b5504"
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 1298 (2022) — Alcoholic beverages.

Provides that the alcohol and tobacco commission may not require physical separation between a bar area and a dining area in a food hall. Reduces the length of time that an applicant for an artisan distiller's permit must hold another permit prior to the date of the application. Creates a temporary craft manufacturer hospitality permit (hospitality permit) that allows a craft manufacturer to participate in a convention, a trade show, an exposition, or a similar event on the licensed premises of a particular host permittee. Specifies certain requirements and restrictions concerning a hospitality permit. Makes conforming amendments.

## 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/2022/bills/HB1298/versions/HB1298.04.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1298/versions/HB1298.06.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1298/versions/HB1298.03.COMH)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1298/versions/HB1298.02.COMH)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1298/versions/HB1298.05.COMS)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1298/versions/HB1298.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1298 - Alting - 3rd Reading — **40–8** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-11** Authored by Representative Smaltz
- **2022-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Representative Clere added as coauthor
- **2022-01-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Representative Bartels added as coauthor
- **2022-01-26** Amendment #1 (Bartels) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-31** Senate sponsor: Senator Alting
- **2022-01-31** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 146: yeas 88, nays 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Senator Messmer added as second sponsor
- **2022-02-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 305: yeas 40, nays 8 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-03** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 337: yeas 86, nays 6 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-14** Public Law 121
- **2022-03-14** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9b03b2fb-3b90-41db-bcaa-c615e31cc485`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).