Indiana legislation · 2025 Regular Session
Indiana HB1468: Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.
Status: Signed into law, April 30, 2025
Allows the holder of a tobacco sales certificate (holder) to obtain a supplemental cigar sales certificate (cigar certificate) that allows the holder to sell cigars on a temporary basis at a function or event. Provides the fee for a cigar certificate is $1,000 and has a term of three years. Requires the holder to give written notice to the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) of the date and location of the function or event where the holder proposes to sell cigars. Provides that the commission's approval of the location does not authorize smoking in violation of: (1) state laws prohibiting smoking in public places; or (2) any county, city, or town smoking ordinance. Allows a restaurant proprietor who holds an alcoholic beverage retailer's permit to establish a segregated room where cigar consumption may occur, if the proprietor has the permission of the local government entity that enforces local smoking ordinances.
Sponsors
- Kyle Miller (D, HD-082) · primary sponsor
- Judy, Chris (R)
- Ethan Manning (R, HD-023)
- Jim Pressel (R, HD-020)
Latest actions
- : Public Law 123
- : Signed by the Governor
- : Signed by the President of the Senate
- : Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- : Signed by the Speaker
- : House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 476: yeas 71, nays 8
- : Motion to concur filed
- : Returned to the House with amendments
- : Third reading: passed; Roll Call 364: yeas 41, nays 8
- : Senator Walker K added as second sponsor
Votes
- House - House concurred with Senate amendments (April 16, 2025): 71 yea, 8 nay, passed
- Senate - Third reading (April 8, 2025): 41 yea, 8 nay, passed
- House - Third reading (February 10, 2025): 87 yea, 2 nay, passed
Subjects: AGENCIES; Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC), ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Tobacco and Nicotine Products, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Licenses and Permits
Common questions
- What is HB1468?
- HB1468 is a bill in the Indiana Legislature (2025 Regular Session): Alcoholic beverages and tobacco.
- What does HB1468 do?
- Allows the holder of a tobacco sales certificate (holder) to obtain a supplemental cigar sales certificate (cigar certificate) that allows the holder to sell cigars on a temporary basis at a function or event. Provides the fee for a cigar certificate is $1,000 and has a term of three years. Requires the holder to give written notice to the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) of the date and location of the function or event where the holder proposes to sell cigars. Provides that the commission's approval of the location does not authorize smoking in violation of: (1) state laws prohibiting smoking in public places; or (2) any county, city, or town smoking ordinance. Allows a restaurant proprietor who holds an alcoholic beverage retailer's permit to establish a segregated room where cigar consumption may occur, if the proprietor has the permission of the local government entity that enforces local smoking ordinances.
- What is the status of HB1468?
- Signed into law as of April 30, 2025. Latest action: Public Law 123 (April 30, 2025).
- Who sponsored HB1468?
- Kyle Miller (D, HD-082), with 3 co-sponsors.
- Where is the official record for HB1468?
- On the Indiana Legislature website: https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2025/bills/house/1468
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