# Indiana HB 1275: Alcohol and tobacco commission matters. Indiana HB 1275, Alcohol and tobacco commission matters., is a First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) House bill sponsored by Ethan Manning (Republican); status signed, last action 2025-05-01 (Signed by the Governor); PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-10-17). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1275-2025 - As of: 2026-10-17 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Indiana HB 1275 - State: Indiana - Session: First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) - Title: Alcohol and tobacco commission matters. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2025-01-13 - Last action: 2025-05-01, Signed by the Governor - Sponsor: Ethan Manning (Republican) - Cosponsors: 9 - Subjects: public policy, the senate - Touches household money: yes - Roll calls: 3 (209 yes, 16 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 18 ## Summary 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. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - More brewery access for families: benefit, low. Minors can visit qualifying small breweries and restaurants owned by their permit holders with an eligible adult. That adult must be a parent, legal guardian, custodian, or family member age 21 or older. Minors can enter areas open to that adult, including places where beer is made, sold, or consum… - Online entry for qualifying alcohol raffles: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, participants can enter qualifying electronic alcohol raffles without attending in person. The entry system or method must have commission approval. A person designated by the organization, age 21 or older, must still deliver the prize in person. - Alcohol suppliers gain charity event options: benefit, low. The law expands alcohol sales, donations, and deliveries to qualified organizations for authorized events and charity auctions. Suppliers include brewers, farm wineries, wine retailers and dealers, artisan distillers, and specified beer and liquor permit holders. Artisan distillers can supply only… - Keg buyers still sign purchase receipts: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, sellers no longer need the covered identification markers on kegs sold for off-site consumption. Related infractions for missing or altered markers are repealed. Sellers must still get signed purchaser receipts and face penalties or permit suspension for failing to do so. Gi… - Less paperwork for alcohol permit holders: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the commission loses the repealed authority to require registration of alcohol brands, formulas, analyses, labels, and trademarks. Artisan distillers also stop sending annual copies of state and federal excise tax returns; their taxes do not change. Applicants must disclose… - Lower insurance requirements for alcohol businesses: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the law removes the $500,000 minimum for required liquor liability coverage. Covered retailers must still have a liquor liability policy or coverage added to a general liability policy. Craft manufacturers are covered only when they serve alcohol on their licensed premises.… - More venue operators can sell alcohol: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, qualifying concession operators can seek alcohol permits at specified public event facilities, community centers, golf courses, and marinas. Operators need an agreement with the relevant facility board or local government. Marina operators also need the required permits. Mar… - Qualified groups gain alcohol event permissions: benefit, low. Qualified organizations can hold alcohol permits and accept permit-holder donations for authorized events and charity auctions. Outside-alcohol restrictions do not apply to establishments hosting these events when the organization purchases or receives the drinks. Beginning July 1, 2025, qualifying… - Tobacco fund supports broader enforcement: benefit, low. The Richard D. Doyle tobacco education and enforcement fund can support enforcement of tobacco laws generally, not just youth tobacco laws. It also supports youth smoking prevention and retailer education and training. This provision states no new funding amount. - Minors face tobacco fake-ID penalties: cost, low. A minor commits a Class C infraction by possessing fake proof of age or identity with intent to buy tobacco. The provision states no fine amount. - Age-check workers count as alcohol servers: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, employees and contractors who check identification to verify age count as alcohol servers. This includes workers controlling entry to licensed premises restricted to people age 21 or older. These workers come under the alcohol-server rules. - Broader rules for tobacco retailers: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the tobacco-permit chapter covers products containing tobacco or nicotine, including e-liquid, intended for human consumption. Products federally approved for tobacco cessation are excluded. Separately, the commission can add contraband disposal costs to sanctions against to… - Limits on alcohol sales and promotions: cost, low. Alcohol permit holders cannot sell to someone without the proper permit, except consumer or employee sales expressly allowed by law. Knowing or intentional violations are Class B misdemeanors. Retailers cannot charge individual patrons an entry or cover fee for unlimited alcohol; this also covers p… - Flavored nitrous oxide faces new bans: cost, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, knowingly or intentionally selling, using, or distributing flavored nitrous oxide is a Class B misdemeanor. A prior unrelated conviction under the section raises it to a Class A misdemeanor. Exceptions cover restaurant suppliers providing it for culinary purposes and legitim… - More sports games, higher ticket caps: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, type II gambling includes sports-themed tip board and pull tab games tied to professional or Division I college events. Tickets for games in the law's third game category can cost up to $10 each. The other two categories remain capped at $5 per ticket. Operators do not have… - Changed eligibility for alcohol business permits: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, beer retailer eligibility uses Indiana's lawful-status standard instead of the prior rule barring aliens. Applicants without that lawful status cannot receive a beer retailer permit. Liquor retailer applicants must pass the listed disqualification rules and seek to sell liqu… - Donation checks for permitted charity events: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, permit holders must submit proposed donations for review at least 15 days before qualified-organization events. Cash donations from other permit holders generally need commission approval; donations cannot require excluding competing permit holders' drinks. Permit holders ca… - Revised tobacco store and display limits: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, entry, self-service display, and coin-machine rules use tobacco-product wording rather than separately listing electronic cigarettes. Stores with at least 85% of gross sales from tobacco products must bar people under 21 and post age notices and a quit-smoking number at ever… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Sponsor: Ethan Manning (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Blake Johnson (Democratic), House - Cosponsor: Cindy Ledbetter (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Kyle Walker (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: La Keisha Jackson (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Lonnie Randolph (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mark Spencer (Democratic), Senate - Cosponsor: Mike Bohacek (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Peggy Mayfield (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Ron Alting (Republican), Senate ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-17 | House | House concurred with Senate amendments | pass | 86 | 3 | | | 2025-04-15 | Senate | Third reading: passed | pass | 39 | 10 | | | 2025-01-30 | House | Third reading: passed | pass | 84 | 3 | | ## Actions (26) - 2025-05-01: Signed by the Governor (House) - 2025-05-01: Public Law 163 (House) - 2025-04-23: Signed by the President of the Senate (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Signed by the President Pro Tempore (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Signed by the Speaker (House) - 2025-04-17: House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 483: yeas 86, nays 3 (House) - 2025-04-16: Returned to the House with amendments (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Motion to concur filed (House) - 2025-04-15: Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-04-15: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 435: yeas 39, nays 10 (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Amendment #3 (Alting) prevailed; voice vote (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senators Jackson L and Spencer added as cosponsors (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senator Walker K added as second sponsor (Senate) - 2025-04-10: Senator Randolph added as cosponsor (Senate) - 2025-04-03: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (Senate) - 2025-02-18: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy (Senate) - 2025-01-31: Referred to the Senate (House) - 2025-01-30: Third reading: passed; Roll Call 53: yeas 84, nays 3 (House) - 2025-01-30: Senate sponsor: Senator Alting (House) - 2025-01-27: Second reading: ordered engrossed (House) - 2025-01-27: Representative Johnson B added as coauthor (House) - 2025-01-21: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted (House) - 2025-01-21: Representatives Mayfield and Ledbetter added as coauthors (House) - 2025-01-13: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy (House) - 2025-01-13: Authored by Representative Manning (House) ## Bill text - Engrossed House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1275/versions/HB1275.04.ENGS?format=pdf) - Enrolled House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1275/versions/HB1275.05.ENRS?format=pdf) - House Bill (S): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1275/versions/HB1275.02.COMH?format=pdf), [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1275/versions/HB1275.03.COMS?format=pdf) - Introduced House Bill (H): [PDF](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1275/versions/HB1275.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related bills - SB 324: Criminal procedures. (signed) - SB 231: Various corrections matters. (signed) - SB 80: Code publication. (signed) - SB 453: Various tax matters. (signed) - SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit. (signed) - SB 371: Workforce matters. (signed) ## Sources - [Engrossed House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1275/versions/HB1275.04.ENGS?format=pdf) - [Enrolled House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1275/versions/HB1275.05.ENRS?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1275/versions/HB1275.02.COMH?format=pdf) - [House Bill (S) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1275/versions/HB1275.03.COMS?format=pdf) - [Introduced House Bill (H) (PDF)](https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/HB1275/versions/HB1275.01.INTR?format=pdf) ## Related - [SB 324: Criminal procedures.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB324-2025) - [SB 231: Various corrections matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB231-2025) - [SB 80: Code publication.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB80-2025) - [SB 453: Various tax matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB453-2025) - [SB 464: Financial institutions and consumer credit.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB464-2025) - [SB 371: Workforce matters.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-SB371-2025) - [Indiana bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana/bills) - [Indiana state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/indiana) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/IN-HB1275-2025 (as of 2026-10-17).