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Senate committee approves amended HB 1276 to allow off‑premise sales, sampling at farmers markets; bill passes 9-0
Summary
The Indiana Senate Public Policy Committee moved and approved an amended House Bill 1276 that expands sampling and off‑premise sales privileges for craft alcohol producers at farmers markets, changes expo/trade-show days, modifies permitting for food halls, and adds a local opt‑out. The committee passed the bill 9–0 on a roll call vote.
Senator Alting, chair of the Senate Public Policy Committee, opened the hearing and offered Amendment No. 16 to House Bill 1276, saying the amendment consolidates multiple changes to alcohol and event permitting and then moved the amendment with consent.
The amendment expands several privileges for craft alcohol producers at farmers markets, increases permitted expo or trade-show days, revises food‑hall permit definitions for a specific downtown Indianapolis market, allows limited sampling of mixed beverages at packaged liquor retailers, and creates a local opt‑out for communities that do not want sales or sampling at farmers markets.
The amendment allows craft breweries to provide up to three 6‑ounce samples to a customer and farm wineries to provide up to three 1‑ounce samples at a farmers market; the chair noted those sample sizes match existing sampling allowances for packaged liquor…
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