HB1275: A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning alcohol and tobacco.

Page last updated: Sunday, April 20, 2025 at 6:58 PM (America/Indianapolis).

General Information

• Stage: Enrolled House Bill (H)
• Current Chamber: house
• Origin Chamber: house
• Description: Alcohol and tobacco commission matters.

Legislators

Actions (21 total)

• Apr 17, 2025, 6:23 AM: House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 483: yeas 86, nays 3
• Apr 16, 2025, 10:21 AM: Motion to concur filed
• Apr 16, 2025, 5:56 AM: Returned to the House with amendments
• Apr 15, 2025, 12:00 PM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 435: yeas 39, nays 10
• Apr 14, 2025, 8:30 PM: Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor
• Apr 14, 2025, 4:56 PM: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
• Apr 14, 2025, 4:56 PM: Amendment #3 (Alting) prevailed; voice vote
• Apr 10, 2025, 2:43 PM: Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• Apr 10, 2025, 2:42 PM: Senators Jackson and Spencer added as cosponsors
• Apr 10, 2025, 2:42 PM: Senator Walker K added as second sponsor
• Apr 3, 2025, 9:47 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Feb 18, 2025, 6:42 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
• Jan 31, 2025, 9:29 AM: Referred to the Senate
• Jan 30, 2025, 8:05 AM: Senate sponsor: Senator Alting
• Jan 30, 2025, 8:05 AM: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 53: yeas 84, nays 3
• Jan 27, 2025, 10:46 AM: Representative Johnson B added as coauthor
• Jan 27, 2025, 9:02 AM: Second reading: ordered engrossed
• Jan 21, 2025, 9:59 AM: Representatives Mayfield and Ledbetter added as coauthors
• Jan 21, 2025, 8:53 AM: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
• Jan 13, 2025, 11:25 AM: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
• Jan 13, 2025, 11:25 AM: Authored by Representative Manning

Digest

Makes the following changes: (1) Expands the purpose of the Richard D. Doyle tobacco education and enforcement fund. (2) Amends type II gambling game prize limits to include sports themed gaming. (3) Replaces a reference in the definition of a "Type II gambling game" to an Indiana gaming commission memorandum with a substantive definition. (4) Eliminates the requirement that a farm winery or artisan distiller annually submit excise tax returns to the alcohol and tobacco commission (ATC). (5) Removes a phrase that requires an e-liquid to contain nicotine to be considered a "tobacco product" under provisions concerning tobacco sales certificates. (6) Amends local alcoholic beverage board members' duties to reflect electronic record keeping. (7) Requires an employee or contractor who controls entry into age restricted premises or otherwise checks an individual's proof of age to complete alcohol server training. (8) Prohibits the ATC from issuing an alcoholic beverage permit unless a person has on file with the ATC a verified list containing the name and address of each person or entity: (A) with actual authority to direct or control the operation of the permit; and (B) holding at least a 5% (instead of 2%) interest in the permit and the business conducted, or to be conducted, under it. (9) Prohibits charging an individual a cover fee to access unlimited alcoholic beverages. Allows the sale of event packages. (10) Replaces, in statutes regarding unlawful sales to minors, references to "tobacco", "e-liquid", or "electronic cigarette" with the inclusive term "tobacco product". (11) Allows a person to participate electronically in an online auction or raffle but requires alcoholic beverage prizes to be collected in person. (12) Modifies the insurance coverage requirements that apply to specified permit holders. (13) Allows specified local government entities to permit the retail sale of alcoholic beverages in certain areas if a person that has an agreement to act as concessionaire for the permitted premises applies for and secures the necessary permits. (14) Establishes requirements regarding permittee donations to qualified organizations that are permittees conducting an event. (15) Prohibits, with exceptions, the sale, use, and distribution of flavored nitrous oxide. Repeals statutes that do the following: (1) Allow the ATC to require registration of alcoholic beverage brands and other information used in advertising. (2) Require attachment of an identification marker to a keg at the time of sale. (3) Make it a Class C misdemeanor to transport an alcoholic beverage to a retailer or dealer on a Sunday.