HEA 1386 Summary

• Expands alcohol sales opportunities for breweries under 90,000 barrels annually to include direct consumer sales at brewery premises, restaurants owned by brewers, and carryout sales up to 576 ounces on Sundays within the same city where beer was manufactured.

• Authorizes temporary beer permits for festivals or events promoting craft breweries with at least 7,500 expected attendees and 21+ age restrictions, with a $2,500 application fee and limit of two permits per person annually.

• Allows Indiana state parks to obtain three-way alcohol permits without quota restrictions and creates new permits for economically-developing municipalities (Whitestown, Lebanon, Zionsville, Westfield, Carmel, Fishers) with 40,000 dollar initial fees.

• Permits hotel retailers to use temporary bars or service windows on enclosed outdoor patios for banquet events, and allows college/university-owned hotels to operate nonpermanent bars on outside patios with proper barriers and minor access restrictions.

• Establishes protections for alcohol and tobacco permittees who retain suspected fake or altered identification cards, allowing retention for 24 hours with law enforcement notification and providing immunity from criminal and civil liability.