republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-20.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Regulation of micro market food sales."
description: "Specifies that \"micro market display\" includes a hot beverage brewer. Specifies that a \"vending machine\" includes a self-service device that can be activated by the use of a software application on a smartphone. Provides that a micro market can sell hot beverages. Provides that an owner or operator of a micro market shall not be required to: (1) submit any documentation; or (2) be subject to any pre-plan review, inspection process, or approval process by the state department, corporation, or local health department before the installation of a micro market. Provides that an owner or operator of a micro market must notify the corporation or local health department where the micro market is located no later than 10 business days after the installation of the micro market. Provides that an owner or operator of a micro market shall not be subject to any fee associated with providing notice to a corporation or local health department."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 20"
citation: "Indiana SB 20 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["VENDING MACHINES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Alan Morrison", "Ed Charbonneau", "Jon Ford", "Ronald Grooms"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-22"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/eed447a0-7a89-49e2-9db3-d2d6697214ce"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/20"
source_hash: "dd6de55d864dfa9fe49628acfabdd87adfdb438a311f3e22c1b90f0a07a2d16b"
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 20 (2021) — Regulation of micro market food sales.

Specifies that "micro market display" includes a hot beverage brewer. Specifies that a "vending machine" includes a self-service device that can be activated by the use of a software application on a smartphone. Provides that a micro market can sell hot beverages. Provides that an owner or operator of a micro market shall not be required to: (1) submit any documentation; or (2) be subject to any pre-plan review, inspection process, or approval process by the state department, corporation, or local health department before the installation of a micro market. Provides that an owner or operator of a micro market must notify the corporation or local health department where the micro market is located no later than 10 business days after the installation of the micro market. Provides that an owner or operator of a micro market shall not be subject to any fee associated with providing notice to a corporation or local health department.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0020/versions/SB0020.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0020/versions/SB0020.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0020/versions/SB0020.03.COMH)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0020/versions/SB0020.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 20 - Morrison - 3rd Reading — **83–5** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Alan Morrison — primary (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
- Jon Ford — primary (person)
- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-04** Authored by Senator Ford Jon
- **2021-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-25** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2021-02-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Senator Grooms added as second author
- **2021-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 167: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-23** Senator Charbonneau added as third author
- **2021-02-23** House sponsor: Representative Morrison
- **2021-02-24** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Commerce, Small Business and Economic Development `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Representative Carbaugh added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 301: yeas 83, nays 5 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-26** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-01** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-05** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 342: yeas 47, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-22** Public Law 91

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/eed447a0-7a89-49e2-9db3-d2d6697214ce`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).