republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-20.md

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Bill	Alcohol matters.	Allows a city or town to designate an outdoor location as a refreshment area with the approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission). Provides that if a refreshment area is approved, the commission designates retailer permittees that may sell alcoholic beverages for consumption within the refreshment area. Prohibits a refreshment area from being located near a school or church unless the school or church does not object. Allows a minor to be within the refreshment area. Adds language providing that a person entering a licensed premises within a refreshment area with an alcoholic beverage is not subject to criminal penalties. Makes it a Class C infraction for a participating retailer permittee or vendor to sell a person more than two alcoholic beverages at a time or an open container of an alcoholic beverage that exceeds the volume limitations. Allows a restaurant to sell or dispense alcoholic beverages from a bar located on the licensed premises that opens to an outside patio or terrace that is contiguous to the main building.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	SB 20	Indiana SB 20 (2023)	bill	ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Crimes and Offenses ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Licenses Permits and Taxes LOCAL GOVERNMENT	enacted	Chip Perfect Linda Rogers Liz Brown Matt Lehman	6	39	1	2023-01-09	2023-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/8e13e6b8-bea2-4e62-a006-7e55ea47ab23	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20	c8d926864b0e8a963ae7eb25d7ea7a1251a41c5d6437f26aff89c98874747f36	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 20 (2023) — Alcohol matters.

Allows a city or town to designate an outdoor location as a refreshment area with the approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission). Provides that if a refreshment area is approved, the commission designates retailer permittees that may sell alcoholic beverages for consumption within the refreshment area. Prohibits a refreshment area from being located near a school or church unless the school or church does not object. Allows a minor to be within the refreshment area. Adds language providing that a person entering a licensed premises within a refreshment area with an alcoholic beverage is not subject to criminal penalties. Makes it a Class C infraction for a participating retailer permittee or vendor to sell a person more than two alcoholic beverages at a time or an open container of an alcoholic beverage that exceeds the volume limitations. Allows a restaurant to sell or dispense alcoholic beverages from a bar located on the licensed premises that opens to an outside patio or terrace that is contiguous to the main building.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 20 - Lehman - 3rd Reading — 79–19 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Chip Perfect — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Matt Lehman — primary (person)
• David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
• Jennifer Meltzer — cosponsor (person)
• Kyle Miller — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Philip GiaQuinta — cosponsor (person)
• Randy Lyness — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Authored by Senator Brown L
• 2023-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-30 Senator Rogers added as second author
• 2023-02-02 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-06 Senator Perfect added as third author
• 2023-02-07 Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-02-07 Amendment #2 (Perfect) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-02-07 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-09 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 91: yeas 39, nays 10 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-09 House sponsor: Representative Lehman
• 2023-02-09 Cosponsors: Representatives GiaQuinta and Miller K
• 2023-02-09 Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
• 2023-02-09 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2023-02-10 Referred to the House referral
• 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-13 Representative Meltzer J added as cosponsor
• 2023-03-14 Rule 105.1 suspended
• 2023-03-14 Representative Lyness added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-04 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-04-06 Amendment #2 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-04-06 Amendment #1 (Moed) failed; Roll Call 364: yeas 33, nays 58 amendment-failure, failure
• 2023-04-06 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-04-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 381: yeas 79, nays 19 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-12 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-12 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2023-04-13 Senate dissented from House amendments
• 2023-04-14 House conferees appointed: Manning and Moed
• 2023-04-14 House advisors appointed: Lehman, Bartels, Morris, GiaQuinta and Miller K
• 2023-04-18 Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Niezgodski
• 2023-04-18 Senate advisors appointed: Melton and Perfect
• 2023-04-26 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2023-04-26 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2023-04-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 530: yeas 92, nays 3
• 2023-04-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 501: yeas 37, nays 11
• 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 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2023-05-04 Public Law 167 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/8e13e6b8-bea2-4e62-a006-7e55ea47ab23. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).