---
type: "Bill"
title: "Three-way permits."
description: "Provides the alcohol and tobacco commission may issue not more than: (1) three new three-way permits to the town of Schererville; (2) three new three-way permits to the city of Lafayette; (3) two new three-way permits to the city of West Lafayette; (4) eight new three-way permits to restaurants located within a transit development district located in the city of Michigan City; (5) two new three-way permits to the city of Delphi; and (6) two new three-way permits to the city of Bloomington."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "SB 89"
citation: "Indiana SB 89 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC)", "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Licenses and Permits", "COUNTIES; Carroll", "COUNTIES; La Porte", "COUNTIES; Lake", "COUNTIES; Monroe", "COUNTIES; Tippecanoe"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dan Dernulc", "Heath VanNatter", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 26
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-12-09"
last_action: "2026-02-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/48e4158c-7978-43cb-9c9e-973ff3701336"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0089"
source_hash: "18ee8361f3182e14e698c65d4df68aabe5d0684aebf3f9854e55be4849d79463"
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 89 (2026) — Three-way permits.

Provides the alcohol and tobacco commission may issue not more than: (1) three new three-way permits to the town of Schererville; (2) three new three-way permits to the city of Lafayette; (3) two new three-way permits to the city of West Lafayette; (4) eight new three-way permits to restaurants located within a transit development district located in the city of Michigan City; (5) two new three-way permits to the city of Delphi; and (6) two new three-way permits to the city of Bloomington.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0089/SB0089.03.ENGS.pdf)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0089/SB0089.05.ENRH.pdf)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0089/SB0089.01.INTR.pdf)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0089/SB0089.04.COMH.pdf)

## Votes

- SB 89 - Dernulc - 3rd Reading — **39–6** (pass) · upper
- SB 89 - VanNatter - 3rd Reading — **79–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
- Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Julie Olthoff — cosponsor (person)
- La Keisha Jackson — coauthor (person)
- Mark Spencer — coauthor (person)
- Randy Novak — cosponsor (person)
- Timothy O'Brien — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-12-09** Authored by Senator Dernulc
- **2025-12-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-26** Amendment #2 (Dernulc) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-26** Amendment #1 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Senators Niezgodski, Spencer, Jackson L added as coauthors
- **2026-01-27** Senator Niemeyer added as second author
- **2026-01-27** House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
- **2026-01-27** Cosponsor: Representative O'Brien
- **2026-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 92: yeas 39, nays 6 `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`
- **2026-02-02** Representative Olthoff removed as sponsor
- **2026-02-02** Representative VanNatter added as sponsor
- **2026-02-05** Representative Olthoff added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-12** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-16** Representative Novak R added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 250: yeas 79, nays 10 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-02-17** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
- **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 11 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/48e4158c-7978-43cb-9c9e-973ff3701336`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).