House Panel Discussing Sunday Alcohol Sales Ban

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana House Public Policy Committee is discussing a bill that would lift the state's 80-year-old ban on Sunday alcohol sales.

The committee will also consider a slew of amendments Wednesday aimed at pleasing both sides in the long-running issue.

Committee Chairman Tom Dermody of LaPorte is sponsoring the bill that would allow stores to sell alcohol on Sundays. His bill marks the best chance for legislation repealing the ban, after numerous failed attempts.

Dermody says the amendments are a compromise and would require consistent regulation and training across the industry.

Supporters say the ban costs stores millions of dollars annually in sales. Liquor store owners fear that lifting the ban would increase their operating costs without generating any additional revenue.