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HB 1390 IN
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Bureau of motor vehicles.

IN · session 2025 · Assembly / House · bill

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Introduced Jan 13, 2025

Latest action (May 6, 2025) Signed by the President Pro Tempore

Summary

Provides the records of the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau), for purposes of showing the last registered owner of a vehicle when obtaining a certificate of title for a repossessed vehicle, mean records related to certificate of titles or registrations. Allows the bureau to issue an electronic certificate of registration. Requires a toll operator to invoice a user not later than one year after a toll is incurred. Allows the bureau to issue a temporary registration permit at the bureau's discretion if a person meets certain requirements. Allows the bureau to offer alternative designs or color scheme versions of license plates. Requires a customer who selects both an alternative design or color scheme and a personalized license plate message for a license plate to pay two separate fees. Amends the requirements for a special group recognition license plate. Allows an insurance company to submit a signed or unsigned certificate of title for the issuance of a certificate of salvage title. Provides that a slow moving vehicle emblem and the emblem's position of mounting must substantially adhere to certain recommendations. Repeals provisions concerning the Indiana criminal justice institute's rulemaking authority concerning slow moving vehicle emblems. Provides that a commercial driver's license (CDL) may include an intrastate passenger transport endorsement if the applicant is at least 18 years of age. Provides maximum prices that public and private institutions and other entities may charge for conducting skills exams. Provides that a learner's permit, driver's license, identification card, and photo exempt identification card expire upon the bureau receiving notice of the death of the holder or upon issuance of a subsequent physical credential. Effective January 1, 2028, requires the bureau to maintain a secure online insurance verification system to verify proof of a driver's financial responsibility. Establishes the real time insurance verification advisory board. Allows a law enforcement officer to include in a written accident report whether a driver's medical impairment may have contributed to an accident. Removes the population requirement for a county to enter into an interlocal cooperation agreement with an adjacent county to allow a public transportation corporation to provide expanded service beyond the boundary of the county in which it is located. Prohibits a person from advertising: (1) a product containing marijuana; or (2) a controlled substance listed in schedule I; by any medium. Adds to the definition of a "consumer transaction" for purposes of deceptive consumer sales. Requires a towing company to release property to a consumer if the consumer pays a percentage of the towing invoice, obtains a bond for the remaining amount of the invoice, and provides a copy of a complaint filed with the attorney general. Requires a city, county, or town to credit the proceeds from the sale of an abandoned vehicle or parts against the costs of removal, storage, and disposal of the vehicle. Establishes rates a towing company may charge for fees for emergency towing or private property towing. Allows a county to mow or maintain any grass or vegetation in a right-of-way that is owned by the state and located in the county if the county obtains a permit from the office of the Indiana department of transportation district in which the county is located.

Sponsors (2)

4 coauthors / cosponsors

Action history (33)

  1. Jan 13, 2025 Authored by Representative Pressel · lower
  2. Jan 13, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation · lower
  3. Feb 3, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · lower
  4. Feb 3, 2025 Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 · lower
  5. Feb 6, 2025 Committee report: do pass, adopted · lower
  6. Feb 10, 2025 Second reading: ordered engrossed · lower
  7. Feb 11, 2025 Representatives Heine, McNamara, Hamilton added as coauthors · lower
  8. Feb 13, 2025 Senate sponsor: Senator Crider · lower
  9. Feb 14, 2025 Referred to the Senate · lower
  10. Feb 13, 2025 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 157: yeas 90, nays 0 · lower
  11. Feb 20, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation · upper
  12. Mar 27, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations · upper
  13. Apr 3, 2025 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted · upper
  14. Apr 3, 2025 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor · upper
  15. Apr 7, 2025 Second reading: ordered engrossed · upper
  16. Apr 8, 2025 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 361: yeas 38, nays 11 · upper
  17. Apr 9, 2025 Returned to the House with amendments · upper
  18. Apr 9, 2025 House dissented from Senate amendments · lower
  19. Apr 9, 2025 Motion to dissent filed · lower
  20. Apr 10, 2025 Senate advisors appointed: Spencer and Buck · upper
  21. Apr 10, 2025 Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Ford J.D. · upper
  22. Apr 14, 2025 House advisors appointed: Lawson, Heine, Andrade and Moed · lower
  23. Apr 23, 2025 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate · upper
  24. Apr 14, 2025 House conferees appointed: Pressel and Hamilton · lower
  25. Apr 23, 2025 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate · upper
  26. Apr 23, 2025 CCR # 1 filed in the House · lower
  27. Apr 23, 2025 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 537: yeas 81, nays 9 · lower
  28. Apr 29, 2025 Signed by the President of the Senate · upper
  29. May 6, 2025 Public Law 227 · lower
  30. Apr 24, 2025 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 515: yeas 31, nays 19 · upper
  31. Apr 24, 2025 Signed by the Speaker · lower
  32. May 6, 2025 Signed by the Governor · executive
  33. Apr 24, 2025 Signed by the President Pro Tempore · upper
Subjects
AGENCIES; Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV)INSURANCE; Motor VehiclesPROPERTY; Abandoned or Unclaimed PropertyTRANSPORTATION; Licenses, Plates, Registration, and TitlesTRANSPORTATION; Public Transportation

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