Indiana Senate Bill 20 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 167
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Alcohol matters. Allows a city or town to designate an outdoor location as a refreshment area with the approval of the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission). Provides that if a refreshment area is approved, the commission designates retailer permittees that may sell alcoholic beverages for consumption within the refreshment area. Prohibits a refreshment area from being located near a school or church unless the school or church does not object. Allows a minor to be within the refreshment area. Adds language providing that a person entering a licensed premises within a refreshment area with an alcoholic beverage is not subject to criminal penalties. Makes it a Class C infraction for a participating retailer permittee or vendor to sell a person more than two alcoholic beverages at a time or an open container of an alcoholic beverage that exceeds the volume limitations. Allows a restaurant to sell or dispense alcoholic beverages from a bar located on the licensed premises that opens to an outside patio or terrace that is contiguous to the main building.

Alcohol matters.

Sen. Elizabeth Brown [R]	Sen. Linda Rogers [R]	Sen. Clyde Perfect [R]	Sen. David Niezgodski [D]
Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Matthew Lehman [R]	Rep. Philip GiaQuinta [D]	Rep. Kyle Miller [D]
Rep. Jennifer Meltzer [R]	Rep. Randy Lyness [R]

2023-04-27 - Senate - Senate - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 37 N: 11 NV: 2 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-27 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 92 N: 3 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-04-11 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 79 N: 19 NV: 1 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2023-04-06 - House - House - Amendment #1 (Moed) failed (Y: 33 N: 58 NV: 1 Abs: 8) [FAIL]
2023-02-09 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 39 N: 10 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	Senate	Public Law 167
2023-05-04	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-27	Senate	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 501: yeas 37, nays 11
2023-04-27	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 530: yeas 92, nays 3
2023-04-26	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-26	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Melton and Perfect
2023-04-18	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Niezgodski
2023-04-14	House	House advisors appointed: Lehman, Bartels, Morris, GiaQuinta and Miller K
2023-04-14	House	House conferees appointed: Manning and Moed
2023-04-13	Senate	Senate dissented from House amendments
2023-04-12	Senate	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-12	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2023-04-11	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 381: yeas 79, nays 19
2023-04-06	House	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-04-06	House	Amendment #1 (Moed) failed; Roll Call 364: yeas 33, nays 58
2023-04-06	House	Amendment #2 (Lehman) prevailed; voice vote
2023-04-04	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-03-14	House	Representative Lyness added as cosponsor
2023-03-14	House	Rule 105.1 suspended
2023-03-13	House	Representative Meltzer J added as cosponsor
2023-02-28	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2023-02-10	Senate	Referred to the House
2023-02-09	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2023-02-09	Senate	Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
2023-02-09	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives GiaQuinta and Miller K
2023-02-09	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Lehman
2023-02-09	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 91: yeas 39, nays 10
2023-02-07	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2023-02-07	Senate	Amendment #2 (Perfect) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-07	Senate	Amendment #1 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote
2023-02-06	Senate	Senator Perfect added as third author
2023-02-02	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2023-01-30	Senate	Senator Rogers added as second author
2023-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2023-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Brown L

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#2.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#3.ENGS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#4.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#5.ENGH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#6.ENRH
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#S91
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#H364
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#H381
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#H530
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/20/#S501