republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-144.md

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Bill	Alcohol matters.	Provides that the bulk wine purchasing limits for farm wineries apply only to wine sold directly to a consumer in Indiana, and that no limit is imposed on the amount of bulk wine that may be used in producing wine sold through a wholesaler or sold outside of Indiana. Allows the holder of an artisan distiller permit to also hold a distiller's permit. Provides that a holder of an artisan distiller's permit that also holds an interest in a distiller's permit may manufacture and bottle liquor on the same equipment on the premises of the artisan distillery. Requires a permit holder to store liquor manufactured or bottled under an artisan distiller's permit in an area separate and distinct at all times from the liquor manufactured under a distiller's permit. Also requires that the manufacture, bottling, and storage of liquor under certain provisions must conform with federal laws, rules, and regulations.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	SB 144	Indiana SB 144 (2021)	bill	ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Licenses Permits and Taxes	enacted	Jon Ford Mark Messmer Peggy Mayfield Ron Alting	5	32	1	2021-01-04	2021-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/4ae3f1e5-7027-44aa-996b-cb543819ddb4	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/144	477cb4bed0288ee16cc7d1b43f600b8bb143fb143093f527f5ffd8b0eccfbce7	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 144 (2021) — Alcohol matters.

Provides that the bulk wine purchasing limits for farm wineries apply only to wine sold directly to a consumer in Indiana, and that no limit is imposed on the amount of bulk wine that may be used in producing wine sold through a wholesaler or sold outside of Indiana. Allows the holder of an artisan distiller permit to also hold a distiller's permit. Provides that a holder of an artisan distiller's permit that also holds an interest in a distiller's permit may manufacture and bottle liquor on the same equipment on the premises of the artisan distillery. Requires a permit holder to store liquor manufactured or bottled under an artisan distiller's permit in an area separate and distinct at all times from the liquor manufactured under a distiller's permit. Also requires that the manufacture, bottling, and storage of liquor under certain provisions must conform with federal laws, rules, and regulations.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 144 - Mayfield - 3rd Reading — 93–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Jon Ford — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Peggy Mayfield — primary (person)
• Ron Alting — primary (person)
• Jeff Ellington — cosponsor (person)
• Ronald Grooms — coauthor (person)
• Terri Jo Austin — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-04 Authored by Senator Bray
• 2021-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Public Policy committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2021-02-11 Senator Bray removed as author
• 2021-02-11 Senator Messmer added as author
• 2021-02-15 Senator Alting added as second author
• 2021-02-18 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-18 Senator Ford Jon added as third author
• 2021-02-18 Senator Grooms added as coauthor
• 2021-02-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-23 House sponsor: Representative Smaltz
• 2021-02-23 Cosponsor: Representative Mayfield
• 2021-02-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 174: yeas 42, nays 6 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-24 Referred to the House
• 2021-03-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-09 Representative Austin added as cosponsor
• 2021-03-29 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-29 Representatives Mayfield and Austin removed as cosponsors
• 2021-03-30 Representative Smaltz removed as sponsor
• 2021-03-30 Representative Mayfield added as sponsor
• 2021-04-01 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-04-01 Representative Austin added as cosponsor
• 2021-04-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 351: yeas 93, nays 2 passage, reading-3
• 2021-04-05 Representative Ellington added as cosponsor
• 2021-04-06 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-04-06 Motion to concur filed
• 2021-04-08 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 372: yeas 40, nays 7 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-19 Public Law 68

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4ae3f1e5-7027-44aa-996b-cb543819ddb4. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).