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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Distracted driving."
+description: "Provides that, except in certain circumstances, a person may not hold or use a telecommunications device while operating a moving motor vehicle. Removes prohibitions on typing, transmitting, or reading a text message or an electronic mail message while operating a moving motor vehicle. Provides that the bureau may not assess points under the point system for a violation occurring before July 1, 2021."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1070"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1070 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "Traffic Rules and Regulations", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "Telephone", "Television", "Radio", "and Internet"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Holli Sullivan", "Michael Crider", "Ronald Grooms"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 38
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-13"
+last_action: "2020-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43d9cd24-3e01-4f68-82f8-84054bfee578"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1070"
+source_hash: "b2cc5c5c00aa7135ccdd0c8af2e3d4668d0c9fb4785a5d11fbcbe9a4f46bbe77"
+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 1070 (2020) — Distracted driving.
+
+Provides that, except in certain circumstances, a person may not hold or use a telecommunications device while operating a moving motor vehicle. Removes prohibitions on typing, transmitting, or reading a text message or an electronic mail message while operating a moving motor vehicle. Provides that the bureau may not assess points under the point system for a violation occurring before July 1, 2021.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1070/versions/HB1070.04.ENRS)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1070/versions/HB1070.03.COMS)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1070/versions/HB1070.02.COMH)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1070/versions/HB1070.01.INTR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1070 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1070 - Sullivan - 3rd Reading — **86–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Holli Sullivan — primary (person)
+- Michael Crider — primary (person)
+- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
+- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
+- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
+- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
+- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
+- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
+- Jon Ford — cosponsor (person)
+- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Mara Candelaria Reardon — coauthor (person)
+- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-13** Coauthored by Representative Pressel
+- **2020-01-13** Authored by Representative Sullivan
+- **2020-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-16** Representative Karickhoff added as coauthor
+- **2020-01-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-28** Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
+- **2020-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 128: yeas 86, nays 10 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-01-29** Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
+- **2020-01-29** Rule 105.1 suspended
+- **2020-01-29** Representative Candelaria Reardon added as coauthor
+- **2020-01-30** Referred to the Senate
+- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-10** Senator Grooms added as second sponsor
+- **2020-02-11** Senators Mrvan and Ford J.D. added as cosponsors
+- **2020-02-17** Senator Ford Jon added as cosponsor
+- **2020-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-02-20** Senators Rogers and Niezgodski added as cosponsors
+- **2020-02-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-02-24** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2020-02-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 43, nays 4 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-02-25** Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
+- **2020-02-26** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-04** Motion to dissent filed
+- **2020-03-04** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-04** House conferees appointed: Sullivan and Candelaria Reardon
+- **2020-03-04** House advisors appointed: Morris, Pressel, Vermilion, Goodrich, Lauer, Chyung and Deal
+- **2020-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Niezgodski
+- **2020-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Grooms, Ford J.D., Ford Jon and Mrvan
+- **2020-03-09** CCR # 1 filed in the House
+- **2020-03-09** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
+- **2020-03-10** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 341: yeas 81, nays 11
+- **2020-03-10** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 354: yeas 49, nays 1
+- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2020-03-30** Public Law 100
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43d9cd24-3e01-4f68-82f8-84054bfee578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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