Indiana House Bill 1339 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Introduced on January 13 2010 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2010-01-13 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
Pending: House Public Policy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Makes it a Class B misdemeanor for an alcoholic beverage permittee or permittee's employee or agent to recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally sell, barter, exchange, provide, or furnish another person alcoholic beverages for carryout without first requiring the person to produce proof that the person is at least 21 years of age by: (1) a driver's license; (2) a government issued identification card; or (3) a government issued document; that bears the person's photograph and birth date. Provides that it is a defense in a criminal or administrative proceeding that the individual to whom the alcoholic beverages were sold appeared to be at least 50 years of age. Requires a permittee who sells alcoholic beverages for carryout to post a sign that informs consumers that state law requires a purchaser to produce identification to purchase alcoholic beverages for carryout. Provides that in a criminal prosecution or proceeding before the alcohol and tobacco commission, it is a defense to a charge of unlawfully furnishing alcohol to a minor that the purchaser produced a government issued document bearing the purchaser's photograph and showing the purchaser to be at least 21 years of age.

Identification for carryout purchases.

Rep. Terri Jo Austin [D]

Rep. Matthew Bell [R]

Rep. Randy Truitt [R]

Rep. Trent VanHaaften [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2010-01-13		First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2010-01-13		Coauthored by Representatives Truitt, Austin and VanHaaften
2010-01-13		Authored by Representative Bell

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2010&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1339
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/IN/IN1339.1.html