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+type: "Bill"
+title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles."
+description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2017"
+identifier: "HB 1511"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1511 (2017)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ABANDONED OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY", "LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES", "MOTOR VEHICLES generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Jon Ford", "Mark Messmer", "Mike Braun"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 26
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2017-01-18"
+last_action: "2017-04-24"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/131e182b-97af-4b3e-8d27-f765ef541243"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1511"
+source_hash: "a751958b9f8c2210ca4b5ca9fcc557a5d2719d52d7e6b5eac8bebe2fcc61e403"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1511 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1511/versions/hb1511.04.engs)
+2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1511/versions/hb1511.05.enrs)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1511/versions/hb1511.02.comh)
+4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1511/versions/hb1511.03.coms)
+5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1511/versions/hb1511.01.intr)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1511 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature
+- HB 1511 - Braun - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · legislature
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Jon Ford — primary (person)
+- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
+- Mike Braun — primary (person)
+- Chris May — coauthor (person)
+- Greg Taylor — cosponsor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Terry Goodin — coauthor (person)
+- Timothy Brown — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2017-01-18** Coauthored by Representatives Brown T and Goodin
+- **2017-01-18** Authored by Representative Braun
+- **2017-01-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-01-26** Representative May added as coauthor
+- **2017-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2017-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-02-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 223: yeas 91, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-02-23** Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer and Ford
+- **2017-02-24** Referred to the Senate
+- **2017-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2017-03-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2017-03-27** Senator Taylor G added as cosponsor
+- **2017-03-28** Amendment #4 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2017-03-28** Amendment #5 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2017-03-28** Amendment #3 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2017-03-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2017-03-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 330: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2017-03-31** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-11** Motion to concur filed
+- **2017-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 468: yeas 89, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
+- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2017-04-24** Public Law 157
+- **2017-04-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/131e182b-97af-4b3e-8d27-f765ef541243`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+