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type: "Bill"
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title: "Alcoholic beverage permits for county fairs."
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description: "Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue a permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages on the grounds of a county fair conducted by a local board, subject to certain limitations and requirements. Adds participation in an event sponsored by a local board to the activities permissible within the scope of a permit held by a farm winery, a small brewer, an artisan distiller, a beer retailer, a liquor retailer, and a wine retailer. Adds the state fair and a county fair that is issued a permit to the exceptions to the minor loitering statute."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2026"
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identifier: "SB 23"
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citation: "Indiana SB 23 (2026)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC)", "ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Alcohol Products", "BOARDS", "COMMISSIONS", "AND COUNCILS; Generally", "COUNTY GOVERNMENT", "RECREATION AND ENTERTAINMENT"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alaina Shonkwiler", "Brett Clark", "Kyle Walker", "Ron Alting"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-12-08"
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last_action: "2026-02-24"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/bb0d6428-0702-401e-bc7e-91d004fddaf1"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/sb0023"
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source_hash: "c60fe98a384dab80dd32782a1ddb305f1b980de58e879d4457c6741f0349df82"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 23 (2026) — Alcoholic beverage permits for county fairs.
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Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue a permit for the sale of alcoholic beverages on the grounds of a county fair conducted by a local board, subject to certain limitations and requirements. Adds participation in an event sponsored by a local board to the activities permissible within the scope of a permit held by a farm winery, a small brewer, an artisan distiller, a beer retailer, a liquor retailer, and a wine retailer. Adds the state fair and a county fair that is issued a permit to the exceptions to the minor loitering statute.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0023/SB0023.04.ENRH.pdf)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0023/SB0023.01.INTR.pdf)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0023/SB0023.02.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/senate/bills/SB0023/SB0023.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 23 - Clark - 3rd Reading — **36–9** (pass) · upper
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- SB 23 - Shonkwiler - 3rd Reading — **66–22** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Alaina Shonkwiler — primary (person)
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- Brett Clark — primary (person)
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- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
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- Ron Alting — primary (person)
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- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
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- Dan Dernulc — coauthor (person)
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- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
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- Ethan Lawson — cosponsor (person)
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- Justin Busch — coauthor (person)
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- Linda Rogers — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Mark Spencer — coauthor (person)
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- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-12-08** Authored by Senator Clark
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- **2025-12-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-01-08** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2026-01-08** Senators Rogers, Doriot added as coauthors
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- **2026-01-08** Senator Alting added as second author
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- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-01-22** Senator Walker K added as third author
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- **2026-01-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-01-27** Senators Busch, Dernulc, Becker, Spencer, Niezgodski added as coauthors
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- **2026-01-27** Cosponsor: Representative Lawson
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- **2026-01-27** House sponsor: Representative Shonkwiler
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- **2026-01-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 89: yeas 36, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-01-28** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2026-01-29** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2026-02-10** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2026-02-12** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2026-02-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 247: yeas 66, nays 22 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2026-02-17** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
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- **2026-02-17** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2026-02-18** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2026-02-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2026-02-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2026-02-24** Public Law 6 `became-law`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/bb0d6428-0702-401e-bc7e-91d004fddaf1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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