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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 109: Artisan distillers.

Passed one chamber Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 109 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Artisan distillers. Primary sponsor: Ethan Manning (Republican), Kyle Walker (Republican), Ron Alting (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (March 25, 2025): Representative Clere added as cosponsor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Amends the permitting for craft manufacturers to participate in a trade show or exposition from a maximum of 45 days per year to a maximum of 60 events per year. Increases the number of gallons of liquor an artisan distiller may produce in a calendar year from 20,000 gallons to 30,000 gallons. Allows the holder of an artisan distiller's permit to manufacture liquor for another holder of an artisan distiller's permit if certain conditions are met.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1 · Independent 1 · Republican 5

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Ethan ManningPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse23
Kyle WalkerPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Ron AltingPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate22
Justin BuschCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate16
Ed ClereCo-sponsorIndependentHouse72
Peggy MayfieldCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse60
David NiezgodskiCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Representative Clere added as cosponsor
  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
  3. Referred to the House
  4. Cosponsor: Representative Mayfield
  5. House sponsor: Representative Manning
  6. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 173: yeas 42, nays 7
  7. Second reading: ordered engrossed
  8. Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
  9. Senator Busch added as coauthor
  10. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
  11. Authored by Senators Alting and Walker K
  12. First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source