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IN SB0096

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/3/2019

Primary Sponsor

Philip Boots

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Origin

Senate

2019 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Removes the 120-day waiting period that previously required wine manufacturers to stop distributing through Indiana wholesalers before applying for a direct wine seller's permit

  • Eliminates the prohibition on distributing wine through wholesalers while holding an active direct wine seller's permit

  • Allows wine manufacturers to simultaneously sell directly to consumers and distribute through traditional wholesale channels in Indiana

  • Indiana farm wineries were already exempt from these restrictions under existing law

  • Effective date: July 1, 2019

Legislative Description

Direct wine seller's permit. Eliminates the requirement that a person applying for or holding a direct wine seller's permit (excluding an Indiana farm winery) may not distribute wine in Indiana through a wholesaler: (1) within 120 days before the permit application; and (2) during the permit term.

Last Action

First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy

1/3/2019

Committee Referrals

Public Policy1/3/2019

Full Bill Text

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