SB 5 Indiana 2026 session
Suspension of permit.
Allows the alcohol and tobacco commission (commission) to refuse to grant or renew or to suspend or revoke a retailer's permit if a licensed premises becomes a public nuisance or the scene of certain acts or prohibited conduct. Allows the chairman of the commission to temporarily suspend an alcoholic beverage retail permit if all of the following apply: (1) The chairman has a reasonable belief that a felony has been committed on the licensed premises. (2) The permit holder failed to take reasonable action to prevent the occurrence of a crime. (3) Multiple crimes or violations have occurred on the licensed premises in the last 12 months. (4) The continued operation of the licensed premises would pose a clear and immediate danger to the safety of the surrounding community or general public. Requires the commission to: (1) provide immediate notice to the permit holder of a factual basis for the suspension and the time and place of a hearing on the suspension; and (2) hold the hearing not later than three business days after the permit is suspended.
Status
- Introduced
- Committee
- Floor vote
- Passed
- Enacted
Enacted — last recorded action March 5, 2026
Public Law 103
Recorded votes
Passage likelihood
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State-level impact
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Official actions
- Public Law 103
- Signed by the Governor
- Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- Signed by the Speaker
- Signed by the President of the Senate
- Motion to concur filed
- Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 290: yeas 46, nays 1
- Returned to the Senate with amendments
- Third reading: passed; Roll Call 246: yeas 87, nays 0
- Second reading: ordered engrossed
- Representative Moed added as cosponsor
- Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
- First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
- Referred to the House
- House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
- Third reading: passed; Roll Call 88: yeas 45, nays 1
- Senator Qaddoura added as third author
- Second reading: ordered engrossed
- Senator Jackson L added as coauthor
- Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
- Senator Walker K added as second author
- First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
- Authored by Senator Alting