republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1468.md

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Bill	Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.	Allows the holder of a tobacco sales certificate (holder) to obtain a supplemental cigar sales certificate (cigar certificate) that allows the holder to sell cigars on a temporary basis at a function or event. Provides the fee for a cigar certificate is $1,000 and has a term of three years. Requires the holder to give written notice to the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) of the date and location of the function or event where the holder proposes to sell cigars. Provides that the commission's approval of the location does not authorize smoking in violation of: (1) state laws prohibiting smoking in public places; or (2) any county, city, or town smoking ordinance. Allows a restaurant proprietor who holds an alcoholic beverage retailer's permit to establish a segregated room where cigar consumption may occur, if the proprietor has the permission of the local government entity that enforces local smoking ordinances.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1468	Indiana HB 1468 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC) ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Licenses and Permits ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Tobacco and Nicotine Products	enacted	Justin Busch Kyle Miller Kyle Walker	4	25	3	2025-01-21	2025-04-30	openstates	ocd-bill/4a3ec906-997c-4ec1-b815-29ab3b149a3c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1468	7e5c17659bba03bbb2439f60ddd010a7229081531258e14172e5ab7182d693c9	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1468 (2025) — Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.

Allows the holder of a tobacco sales certificate (holder) to obtain a supplemental cigar sales certificate (cigar certificate) that allows the holder to sell cigars on a temporary basis at a function or event. Provides the fee for a cigar certificate is $1,000 and has a term of three years. Requires the holder to give written notice to the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) of the date and location of the function or event where the holder proposes to sell cigars. Provides that the commission's approval of the location does not authorize smoking in violation of: (1) state laws prohibiting smoking in public places; or (2) any county, city, or town smoking ordinance. Allows a restaurant proprietor who holds an alcoholic beverage retailer's permit to establish a segregated room where cigar consumption may occur, if the proprietor has the permission of the local government entity that enforces local smoking ordinances.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1468 - Miller K - 3rd Reading — 87–2 (pass) · lower
• HB 1468 - Miller K — 71–8 (pass) · lower
• HB 1468 - Busch - 3rd Reading — 41–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Justin Busch — primary (person)
• Kyle Miller — primary (person)
• Kyle Walker — primary (person)
• Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
• Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)
• Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 Coauthored by Representatives Judy and Manning
• 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative Miller K
• 2025-01-27 Representative Pressel added as coauthor
• 2025-02-04 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-06 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-10 Senate sponsor: Senator Busch
• 2025-02-10 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 114: yeas 87, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-11 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-02-20 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-20 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Tax and Fiscal Policy committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-04-01 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-07 Amendment #2 (Walker K) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2025-04-07 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-07 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-09 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-08 Senator Walker K added as second sponsor
• 2025-04-08 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 364: yeas 41, nays 8 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-14 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2025-04-16 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 476: yeas 71, nays 8
• 2025-04-17 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-04-21 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-23 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-30 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-30 Public Law 123 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/4a3ec906-997c-4ec1-b815-29ab3b149a3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).