The Indiana Senate soundly rejected Thursday a change to legislation that legalizes Sunday alcohol carryout sales.
The billeliminates the ban on Sunday sales but would only allow alcohol carryout on the seventh day between 12 p.m. and 8 p.m. Sen. Karen Tallian's (D-Portage) proposed amendment would remove that restriction and make Sunday sales like every other day – 7 a.m. to 3 a.m.
"We don't need to legislate business hours," Tallian says. "We don't legislate when you can buy doughnuts."
But Sen. Ron Alting (R-Lafayette), the bill's author, says alcohol isn't like other products.
"We regulate where it's sold, how it's sold, how much it's sold, and everything else because it is a regulated product – period," Alting says.
The unamended bill will be available for passage by the full Senate Monday.