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| Bill | Alcohol and tobacco matters. | Specifies, with respect to a tobacco sales certificate (certificate), that a permitted premises may not include sleeping or living quarters. Provides that a person may not sell a tobacco product or electronic cigarette at wholesale without a certificate. Adds additional information an applicant must provide to the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) when applying for a certificate. Provides, with one exception, that the commission shall not issue a certificate to a retail location where a certificate was revoked within one year prior to the application. Specifies the circumstances under which the commission must either suspend or revoke a certificate if the certificate holder's employees violate employee identification requirements three or more times in one year. Makes it a Class C infraction for a certificate holder or employee to violate particular identification requirements. Modifies the application of certain statutes concerning vapor pens and e-liquid. Establishes various requirements and penalties applicable to e-liquid, e-liquid products, and vapor devices, including restrictions on the manufacture, sourcing, possession, sale, and distribution of foreign adversary products. Specifies that certain provisions concerning vapor pens and e-liquid do not authorize the manufacturing, sale, possession, or use of a controlled substance or any product containing a controlled substance. Amends the requirements for an initial and renewal application to manufacture e-liquids or e-liquid products. Requires, in a provision concerning the sale of cigarettes, that a buydown be considered in determining the cost to the retailer or cost to the distributor. Specifies an exception. Adds the sale of alcohol without a permit to the violations which may constitute racketeering activity. Changes the infraction of the habitual illegal sale of tobacco products from six violations in a year to three violations in a year. Changes the infraction of the habitual illegal entrance by a minor from six violations to three violations in a year. Specifies that a prohibition on the sale, use, or distribution of flavored nitrous oxide does not apply to a law enforcement agency disposing of flavored nitrous oxide by donation to a nonprofit organization. | us/states/in | Indiana General Assembly | 2026 | SB 185 | Indiana SB 185 (2026) |
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Indiana SB 185 (2026) — Alcohol and tobacco matters.
Specifies, with respect to a tobacco sales certificate (certificate), that a permitted premises may not include sleeping or living quarters. Provides that a person may not sell a tobacco product or electronic cigarette at wholesale without a certificate. Adds additional information an applicant must provide to the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) when applying for a certificate. Provides, with one exception, that the commission shall not issue a certificate to a retail location where a certificate was revoked within one year prior to the application. Specifies the circumstances under which the commission must either suspend or revoke a certificate if the certificate holder's employees violate employee identification requirements three or more times in one year. Makes it a Class C infraction for a certificate holder or employee to violate particular identification requirements. Modifies the application of certain statutes concerning vapor pens and e-liquid. Establishes various requirements and penalties applicable to e-liquid, e-liquid products, and vapor devices, including restrictions on the manufacture, sourcing, possession, sale, and distribution of foreign adversary products. Specifies that certain provisions concerning vapor pens and e-liquid do not authorize the manufacturing, sale, possession, or use of a controlled substance or any product containing a controlled substance. Amends the requirements for an initial and renewal application to manufacture e-liquids or e-liquid products. Requires, in a provision concerning the sale of cigarettes, that a buydown be considered in determining the cost to the retailer or cost to the distributor. Specifies an exception. Adds the sale of alcohol without a permit to the violations which may constitute racketeering activity. Changes the infraction of the habitual illegal sale of tobacco products from six violations in a year to three violations in a year. Changes the infraction of the habitual illegal entrance by a minor from six violations to three violations in a year. Specifies that a prohibition on the sale, use, or distribution of flavored nitrous oxide does not apply to a law enforcement agency disposing of flavored nitrous oxide by donation to a nonprofit organization.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SB 185 - Alting — 47–0 (pass) · upper
- SB 185 - VanNatter — 95–0 (pass) · lower
- SB 185 - Alting - 3rd Reading — 45–0 (pass) · upper
- SB 185 - VanNatter - 3rd Reading — 90–0 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Heath VanNatter — primary (person)
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Ron Alting — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Ethan Manning — cosponsor (person)
- Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
- Mark Spencer — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-01-05 Authored by Senators Alting, Walker K
- 2026-01-15 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
committee-passage, referral-committee - 2026-01-15 Senator Spencer added as coauthor
- 2026-01-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2026-01-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-27 House sponsor: Representative VanNatter
- 2026-01-27 Senator Leising added as coauthor
- 2026-01-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 102: yeas 45, nays 0
passage, reading-3, reading-3 - 2026-01-27 House sponsor: Representative Manning
- 2026-01-27 Cosponsor: Representative Manning
- 2026-01-28 Representative Manning removed as sponsor
- 2026-01-28 Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- 2026-01-28 Referred to the House
referral - 2026-01-29 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-02-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2026-02-17 Amendment #2 (Manning) prevailed; voice vote
amendment-passage - 2026-02-17 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 272: yeas 90, nays 0
passage, reading-3, reading-3 - 2026-02-19 Returned to the Senate with amendments
receipt - 2026-02-23 Senate advisors appointed: Niezgodski, Walker K
- 2026-02-23 Motion to dissent filed
filing - 2026-02-23 Senate conferees appointed: Alting, Spencer
- 2026-02-23 Senate dissented from House amendments
- 2026-02-24 House conferees appointed: VanNatter, Moed
- 2026-02-24 House advisors appointed: Manning, Lehman, Summers
- 2026-02-25 Dissent rescinded
- 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed
filing - 2026-02-26 Senate dissented from House amendments
- 2026-02-26 Concurrence withdrawn
withdrawal - 2026-02-26 Motion to dissent filed
filing - 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 329: yeas 47, nays 0
- 2026-02-27 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
filing - 2026-02-27 CCR # 1 filed in the House
filing - 2026-03-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage - 2026-03-03 Signed by the Speaker
passage - 2026-03-12 Signed by the Governor
executive-signature - 2026-03-12 Public Law 148
became-law - 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 429: yeas 95, nays 0
- 2026-03-02 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/7ea7b590-a3c4-4a73-b517-865ccdeaec91. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).