republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1200.md

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Bill	Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.	Adds the following to the definition of "entertainment complex": (1) A premises located within a five mile (instead of four mile) radius of the center of a consolidated city. (2) A premises used as a museum of fine arts. (3) A premises that has a 200 person audience capacity and artist housing. Provides that a primary source of supply, manufacturer, or wholesaler may supply equipment on a temporary and nondiscriminatory basis to the holder of a retailer permit or a temporary permit for the purpose of holding, storing, and dispensing product to consumers for a special event for the duration of the special event. Makes the following changes regarding breweries: (1) Removes a requirement that the 90,000 barrel limit per calendar year applies to beer manufactured at a brewery located in Indiana. (2) Allows a small brewery to receive, bottle, and package beer from another small brewery if certain requirements are met. (3) Allows a small brewery to sell or transfer beer to certain food manufacturers for the purpose of adding or integrating the beer into a product or recipe. (4) Provides that a product that contains transferred beer may not contain more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume when the product leaves the food manufacturer's facility. Provides for permits for beer or liquor dealer employees who deliver alcoholic beverages. Increases, within a certain historic district, the number of alcoholic beverage restaurant permits from 10 to 15, and changes certain other requirements. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to issue a certain number of three-way permits to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in the: (1) cities of Auburn, Kendallville, and Warsaw; and (2) towns of Winona Lake and Syracuse. Permits the issuance of three new three-way permits and three new two-way permits to the town of Whitestown. Requires the commission to issue a beer dealer's permit and a wine dealer's permit to an eligible grocery store. Increases the limit on the amount of liquor that an artisan distiller may produce in a calendar year from 10,000 to 20,000 gallons. Amends the conditions in which a minor can lawfully be in a room on a licensed premises in which is located a bar over which alcoholic beverages are sold or dispensed by the drink. Modifies the definition of "tobacco product", for purposes of the law concerning issuance of a tobacco sales certificate, to include a product that contains nicotine and is not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for tobacco cessation. Provides that an e-liquid distributor shall purchase and distribute e-liquid from an: (1) Indiana e-liquid manufacturer that has a valid e-liquid manufacturing permit; or (2) Indiana e-liquid distributor that has a valid e-liquid manufacturing permit or a valid tobacco distributor's license.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1200	Indiana HB 1200 (2023)	bill	ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Alcohol and Tobacco Commission ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Licenses Permits and Taxes CIGARETTES CIGARS AND TOBACCO; CIGARETTE TAX INDIANAPOLIS	enacted	Chris Garten Eric Koch Steve Bartels	4	34	1	2023-01-10	2023-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/f87ddb0c-49c7-46c0-b7a5-ef3a57f8509b	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1200	80b0a4cbcbc6bc1deb979cfa3781c61066eaf72fecfae647a19f969dfac9a6c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1200 (2023) — Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

Adds the following to the definition of "entertainment complex": (1) A premises located within a five mile (instead of four mile) radius of the center of a consolidated city. (2) A premises used as a museum of fine arts. (3) A premises that has a 200 person audience capacity and artist housing. Provides that a primary source of supply, manufacturer, or wholesaler may supply equipment on a temporary and nondiscriminatory basis to the holder of a retailer permit or a temporary permit for the purpose of holding, storing, and dispensing product to consumers for a special event for the duration of the special event. Makes the following changes regarding breweries: (1) Removes a requirement that the 90,000 barrel limit per calendar year applies to beer manufactured at a brewery located in Indiana. (2) Allows a small brewery to receive, bottle, and package beer from another small brewery if certain requirements are met. (3) Allows a small brewery to sell or transfer beer to certain food manufacturers for the purpose of adding or integrating the beer into a product or recipe. (4) Provides that a product that contains transferred beer may not contain more than 0.5% of alcohol by volume when the product leaves the food manufacturer's facility. Provides for permits for beer or liquor dealer employees who deliver alcoholic beverages. Increases, within a certain historic district, the number of alcoholic beverage restaurant permits from 10 to 15, and changes certain other requirements. Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to issue a certain number of three-way permits to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption in the: (1) cities of Auburn, Kendallville, and Warsaw; and (2) towns of Winona Lake and Syracuse. Permits the issuance of three new three-way permits and three new two-way permits to the town of Whitestown. Requires the commission to issue a beer dealer's permit and a wine dealer's permit to an eligible grocery store. Increases the limit on the amount of liquor that an artisan distiller may produce in a calendar year from 10,000 to 20,000 gallons. Amends the conditions in which a minor can lawfully be in a room on a licensed premises in which is located a bar over which alcoholic beverages are sold or dispensed by the drink. Modifies the definition of "tobacco product", for purposes of the law concerning issuance of a tobacco sales certificate, to include a product that contains nicotine and is not approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration for tobacco cessation. Provides that an e-liquid distributor shall purchase and distribute e-liquid from an: (1) Indiana e-liquid manufacturer that has a valid e-liquid manufacturing permit; or (2) Indiana e-liquid distributor that has a valid e-liquid manufacturing permit or a valid tobacco distributor's license.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1200 - Garten - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Steve Bartels — primary (person)
• Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
• Jack Jordan — coauthor (person)
• Kyle Pierce — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-10 Coauthored by Representative Miller D
• 2023-01-10 Authored by Representative Bartels
• 2023-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Government and Regulatory Reform reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-17 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-01-19 Amendment #1 (Campbell) failed; Roll Call 10: yeas 28, nays 64 amendment-failure, failure
• 2023-01-19 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-01-19 Representative Jordan added as coauthor
• 2023-01-23 Representative Pierce K added as coauthor
• 2023-01-23 Senate sponsor: Senator Garten
• 2023-01-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 21: yeas 97, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-01-24 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-23 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-04-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-04-06 Senator Koch added as second sponsor
• 2023-04-10 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-04-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 368: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-12 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-18 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2023-04-19 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2023-04-19 House conferees appointed: Bartels and Bartlett
• 2023-04-19 House advisors appointed: Miller D, Lehman, Campbell and Pierce K
• 2023-04-20 Senate conferees appointed: Garten and Pol
• 2023-04-20 Senate advisors appointed: Taylor G and Koch
• 2023-04-25 Representative Bartels removed as conferee
• 2023-04-25 Representative Manning added as conferee
• 2023-04-27 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2023-04-27 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2023-04-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 541: yeas 90, nays 4
• 2023-04-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 521: yeas 40, nays 10
• 2023-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-28 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-05-01 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-05-04 Public Law 220 became-law
• 2023-05-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/f87ddb0c-49c7-46c0-b7a5-ef3a57f8509b. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).