Indiana alcohol laws
What Indiana has enacted on alcohol, what each law requires, and what the bills still moving would do. Indiana is one of 47 states that enacted an alcohol law in the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
- Bills in scope
- 24bills in scope
- Past committee
- 18past committee
- Most recent action
- 12 March 2026most recent action
Alcohol laws enacted in Indiana
9 alcohol laws enacted in the Indiana Legislature in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, newest first. Each links to the legislature's own page.
What it requires: Operators or individuals conducting sweepstakes games knowingly using the Internet in Indiana or involving Indiana residents must cease. Beer wholesalers may deliver beer to food manufacturers registered with the federal Food and Drug Administration for product integration. Wine retailers whose wine sales represent at least 60% of annual gross income may allow customer self-service for sealed wine bottles for off-premises consumption.
Three-tier, distribution and franchise, Licensing and retail permits
What it requires: Persons selling tobacco products or e-cigarettes at retail must obtain a valid tobacco sales certificate from the commission. Wholesalers must obtain a wholesale tobacco sales certificate. Manufacturers of e-liquid must obtain a permit. Retailers may not sell e-liquid products containing more than seventy-five milligrams per milliliter of nicotine. No person may manufacture, sell, or distribute foreign adversary products.
Licensing and retail permits, Underage sales and liability
What it requires: The alcohol and tobacco commission may suspend an alcoholic beverage retail permit without advance notice or hearing for up to five business days if certain crimes occur on the licensed premises and the permit holder failed to prevent the crime, multiple crimes occurred in twelve months, or continued operation poses clear and immediate danger to community safety.
Licensing and retail permits
What it requires: The alcohol and tobacco commission may issue permits to local boards to sell alcoholic beverages by the glass on county fair grounds. Holders of brewer's, beer retailer's, liquor retailer's, wine retailer's, farm winery, and artisan distiller's permits may participate in events sponsored by local boards on county fair grounds upon proper notice to the commission. Local boards must file applications with the commission including vendor names, permit numbers, event dates, and floor plans.
Licensing and retail permits, Underage sales and liability
What it requires: The alcohol and tobacco commission may issue three-way permits to sell alcoholic beverages for on-premises consumption to proprietors of restaurants in specified municipalities and districts. Applicants must be proprietors of restaurants located within economic development areas, redevelopment areas, or transit development districts. Permits cost forty thousand dollars initially and revert to the commission if business operations cease for more than six months.
Licensing and retail permits
What it requires: A person operating a lottery courier service must obtain written authorization from the state lottery commission or commit a Class A misdemeanor. Occupational license applicants and licensees must submit fingerprints to the state police department and Federal Bureau of Investigation for criminal history record checks. Veterinarians must furnish a horse's veterinary medical records and medical condition within five business days to the Indiana horse racing commission as part of an investigation without written client authorization.
Direct-to-consumer shipping and delivery, Licensing and retail permits
What it requires: Distributors of taxable products must not sell, use, or distribute flavored nitrous oxide. Permit holders of retailers and craft manufacturers serving alcohol must maintain liquor liability insurance of at least five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) or face permit denial, suspension, or revocation. Retail establishments must not sell tobacco products to persons under twenty-one (21) years of age.
Licensing and retail permits, Underage sales and liability
What it requires: Permittees locating restaurant or hotel patios or terraces in public rights-of-way must obtain written permission from the appropriate local or state agency. Holders of supplemental caterer's permits with limited tobacco certificates may obtain cigar event endorsements to sell cigars at age-restricted catered events. Permittees donating alcoholic beverages to qualified organization permittees must comply with specified restrictions including written records, separate storage, and return of unconsumed beverages.
Direct-to-consumer shipping and delivery, Licensing and retail permits
What it requires: A holder of a tobacco sales certificate may obtain a supplemental cigar sales certificate by paying one thousand dollars for a three-year term. The holder must provide written notice to the commission at least five days before selling cigars at a function or event. A restaurant permittee holding an alcoholic beverage retailer's permit may establish a segregated room for cigar consumption with local government permission.
Licensing and retail permits
Alcohol in Indiana, by topic
Licensing and retail permits
18 bills, 9 enacted. Enacted in 41 states.
Underage sales and liability
8 bills, 3 enacted. Enacted in 16 states.
Direct-to-consumer shipping and delivery
6 bills, 2 enacted. Enacted in 12 states.
Three-tier, distribution and franchise
6 bills, 1 enacted. Enacted in 23 states.
Hemp and THC beverages
4 bills. Enacted in 9 states.
Excise taxes and fees
2 bills. Enacted in 19 states.
Alcohol bills in Indiana
The bills not yet law, furthest along first, with what each would do.
9Enacted
9Past committee
6Introduced or inactive
24 bills in scope
Past committee
9
What it would do: Regulates hemp-derived cannabinoid products through a permitting system administered by the alcohol and tobacco commission. Expands alcohol and tobacco crimes to include THC products, prohibits online sales, requires testing and labeling, and imposes criminal penalties for violations.
What it would do: Establishes a regulatory framework for craft hemp products, including retail permits capped at 9,400, testing and packaging requirements, and prohibits sales to persons under 21. Creates and modifies crimes related to craft hemp and THC products.
What it would do: Prohibits lottery courier services and requires the state lottery commission to adopt rules on bulk lottery product purchases. Allows wine dealers to deliver wine to residences or offices, increases artisan distiller production limits from 20,000 to 30,000 gallons annually, and authorizes three-way permits for Warsaw and Syracuse.
What it would do: Increases the annual production limit for artisan distillers from 20,000 gallons to 40,000 gallons per calendar year. Allows artisan distillers to manufacture liquor for other artisan distillers under specified conditions, and increases direct-to-retailer sales limits from 1,000 to 2,000 gallons and trade show participation from 45 to 60 days annually.
What it would do: Allows artisan distillers to manufacture, redistill, age, and bottle liquor including sourced liquor from other licensed manufacturers, and to manufacture liquor for other artisan distillers, provided the artisan distiller's aggregate annual sales are at least 70% liquor fermented and distilled from raw materials at their licensed premises.
What it would do: Allows a wine dealer that is not a package liquor store to deliver wine to a customer's residence or office, provided the delivery is performed by the permit holder or an employee with an employee permit, and requires maintaining written delivery records for one year.
What it would do: Makes possession of low THC hemp extract or cannabinoids by minors a Class B misdemeanor and sale to minors a Class A misdemeanor with enhanced penalties for prior convictions or serious injury/death. Makes possession of e-liquids or vapor products by minors a Class D infraction, Class C if containing nicotine, and prohibits their sale to minors.
What it would do: Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to refuse, suspend, or revoke permits if licensed premises become public nuisances or scenes of criminal conduct. Permits temporary suspension without advance notice for up to five business days if specified crimes occur on premises, with hearing required within five business days.
What it would do: Renames the addiction services fund to the alcohol misuse prevention and treatment fund and directs the first 6% of alcoholic beverage excise taxes to this fund before other distributions. Requires the division of mental health and addiction to award grants to local coordinating councils for substance use prevention, treatment, and mental health purposes.
Introduced or inactive
6
What it would do: Allows a wine retailer whose wine sales represent at least 60% of annual gross income to permit customers to obtain sealed bottles of wine by self-service for off-premises consumption from a display in the bar or storage area.
What it would do: Expands alcoholic beverage sales and delivery options by allowing direct beer shipment to consumers, permitting third-party delivery services, enabling beer wholesaler credit sales, and allowing bars to deliver mixed drinks. Prohibits distribution of low THC hemp extract to persons under 21 years old.
What it would do: Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission to issue new three-way permits for restaurants in transit development districts without regard to permit quotas, with the maximum number determined by written agreement between the municipality and northwest Indiana regional development authority board.
What it would do: Urges the legislative council to assign the interim study committee on public policy to study beer and wine distribution in Indiana and make recommendations to provide parity in applicable laws and administrative rules for beer and wine distributors.
What it would do: Permits curbside pickup of alcoholic beverages by drug store proprietors, allows wine delivery by all wine dealers, and creates delivery service and delivery agent permits for third-party alcohol delivery platforms with $500 and $45 fees respectively, effective July 1, 2025.
What it would do: Allows restaurants to permit patrons to bring sealed beer or wine for consumption with meals, regardless of whether the restaurant has an alcoholic beverage permit. Requires unopened and serving by trained staff at least 21 years old who verify patron age, and permits removal of one unsealed wine bottle.
Bill titles link to the Indiana Legislature's own page.
What counts as alcohol legislation
In scope: Direct-to-consumer shipping and delivery; three-tier, distribution and franchise; licensing and retail permits; excise taxes and fees; hemp and THC beverages; and underage sales and liability.
Questions
Does Indiana have an alcohol law?
Yes. Indiana enacted 9 alcohol laws in the 2025 and 2026 sessions, among them HB 1052, SB 185 and SB 5. Each is listed on this page with what it requires.
When do Indiana's alcohol laws take effect?
HB 1052 on 1 July 2026, SB 185 on 1 July 2026, SB 5 on 1 July 2026, SB 23 on 1 July 2026 and HB 1053 on 1 July 2025. The others have no single date in their text.
Which alcohol bills are moving in Indiana?
9 bills not yet law have passed a committee or a chamber, the furthest along SB 250 (passed chamber), SB 478 (passed chamber) and SB 94 (passed chamber).
What does Indiana legislate on most in alcohol?
Licensing and retail permits (18 bills), Underage sales and liability (8 bills) and Direct-to-consumer shipping and delivery (6 bills).
Are these summaries reviewed by a lawyer?
No. Which bills count as Alcohol bills, and the line on what each law requires or each bill would do, are drafted by software from the bill's own text and not reviewed by an attorney. Every bill links to the legislature's own record: read the text before relying on it. The list covers bills from the 2025 and 2026 sessions.
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- Healthcare in Indiana144
- Insurance in Indiana93
- Intellectual Property in Indiana4
- Packaging and PFAS in Indiana10
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Alcohol legislation in other jurisdictions
52 more currently hold bills in this tracker
- Massachusetts153
- Maryland142
- New York118
- New Jersey114
- Mississippi56
- Montana53
- Texas49
- West Virginia48
- Oklahoma44
- Michigan39
- Pennsylvania38
- Iowa36
- Virginia33
- Illinois32
- Missouri32
- California31
- Hawaii30
- Rhode Island27
- South Carolina27
- Connecticut25
- Tennessee25
- Washington25
- Florida24
- New Hampshire24
- Kentucky20
- Louisiana20
- Maine18
- Alabama17
- Arkansas16
- Delaware16
- Congress16
- Minnesota15
- North Carolina15
- Nebraska15
- Arizona14
- Georgia13
- Idaho13
- Vermont13
- Kansas11
- Colorado10
- New Mexico10
- Oregon10
- District of Columbia9
- Ohio9
- South Dakota9
- Alaska7
- North Dakota6
- Nevada6
- Utah6
- Wisconsin6
- Puerto Rico3
- Wyoming3
Know when Indiana's alcohol law changes
An alert when a bill moves, and one report a month on what changed in every state and Congress.