Official record
Measure details
- Jurisdiction
- Indiana
- Session
- 2026
- Chamber
- upper
- Classification
- bill
- Subjects
- AGENCIES; Alcohol and Tobacco Commission (ATC), ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Alcohol Products, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Generally, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Licenses and Permits, ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Tobacco and Nicotine Products, BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS; Generally, CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Offenses Against Public Health, Order, and Decency
- Introduced / first action
- 2026-01-05 00:00:00
Source-supplied abstracts
Specifies, with respect to a tobacco sales certificate (certificate), that a permitted premises may not include sleeping or living quarters. Provides that a person may not sell a tobacco product or electronic cigarette at wholesale without a certificate. Adds additional information an applicant must provide to the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) when applying for a certificate. Provides, with one exception, that the commission shall not issue a certificate to a retail location where a certificate was revoked within one year prior to the application. Specifies the circumstances under which the commission must either suspend or revoke a certificate if the certificate holder's employees violate employee identification requirements three or more times in one year. Makes it a Class C infraction for a certificate holder or employee to violate particular identification requirements. Modifies the application of certain statutes concerning vapor pens and e-liquid. Establishes various requirements and penalties applicable to e-liquid, e-liquid products, and vapor devices, including restrictions on the manufacture, sourcing, possession, sale, and distribution of foreign adversary products. Specifies that certain provisions concerning vapor pens and e-liquid do not authorize the manufacturing, sale, possession, or use of a controlled substance or any product containing a controlled substance. Amends the requirements for an initial and renewal application to manufacture e-liquids or e-liquid products. Requires, in a provision concerning the sale of cigarettes, that a buydown be considered in determining the cost to the retailer or cost to the distributor. Specifies an exception. Adds the sale of alcohol without a permit to the violations which may constitute racketeering activity. Changes the infraction of the habitual illegal sale of tobacco products from six violations in a year to three violations in a year. Changes the infraction of the habitual illegal entrance by a minor from six violations to three violations in a year. Specifies that a prohibition on the sale, use, or distribution of flavored nitrous oxide does not apply to a law enforcement agency disposing of flavored nitrous oxide by donation to a nonprofit organization.
Sponsors
- Ron Alting (primary), author
- Kyle Walker (primary), author
- Heath VanNatter (primary), sponsor
- Mark Spencer, coauthor
- Jean Leising, coauthor
- David Niezgodski, coauthor
- Ethan Manning, cosponsor