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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Public safety."
+description: "Removes the requirement that school buses have black reflective tape affixed on the bumpers and sides of the bus. Provides that, in certain instances, a person who: (1) fails to yield to an emergency vehicle; and (2) causes serious bodily injury, catastrophic injury, or death to any person operating, occupying, or affiliated with the authorized emergency vehicle; commits a Level 6 felony. Provides that the offense of resisting law enforcement is a Level 6 felony if, while committing the offense of resisting law enforcement by forcibly resisting, obstructing, or interfering with a law enforcement officer, the person: (1) creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to the person or another person; and (2) has two or more prior unrelated convictions for resisting law enforcement. Provides that the offense of resisting law enforcement is a Level 6 felony if, while committing the offense of resisting law enforcement by fleeing from a law enforcement officer, the person has two or more prior unrelated convictions for resisting law enforcement. Makes conforming amendments."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2020"
+identifier: "HB 1225"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1225 (2020)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "Traffic Violations and Penalties", "SCHOOLS", "Buses", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark Messmer", "Vaneta Becker", "Wendy McNamara"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2020-01-13"
+last_action: "2020-03-30"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d21f87ad-d146-4ab5-aba4-057af0331836"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1225"
+source_hash: "7695c6932a67824394c59b065101457d8b3cb44b43483ed68de078b72840772b"
+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 1225 (2020) — Public safety.
+
+Removes the requirement that school buses have black reflective tape affixed on the bumpers and sides of the bus. Provides that, in certain instances, a person who: (1) fails to yield to an emergency vehicle; and (2) causes serious bodily injury, catastrophic injury, or death to any person operating, occupying, or affiliated with the authorized emergency vehicle; commits a Level 6 felony. Provides that the offense of resisting law enforcement is a Level 6 felony if, while committing the offense of resisting law enforcement by forcibly resisting, obstructing, or interfering with a law enforcement officer, the person: (1) creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to the person or another person; and (2) has two or more prior unrelated convictions for resisting law enforcement. Provides that the offense of resisting law enforcement is a Level 6 felony if, while committing the offense of resisting law enforcement by fleeing from a law enforcement officer, the person has two or more prior unrelated convictions for resisting law enforcement. Makes conforming amendments.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1225/versions/HB1225.03.ENGH)
+2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1225/versions/HB1225.05.ENRS)
+3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1225/versions/HB1225.02.COMH)
+4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1225/versions/HB1225.04.COMS)
+5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1225/versions/HB1225.01.INTR)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1225 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1225 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **85–10** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
+- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
+- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
+- Michael Crider — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2020-01-13** Authored by Representative McNamara
+- **2020-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-01-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-01-27** Amendment #2 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
+- **2020-01-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 130: yeas 85, nays 10 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-01-29** Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer and Becker
+- **2020-01-30** Referred to the Senate
+- **2020-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2020-03-02** Senator Crider added as cosponsor
+- **2020-03-02** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
+- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 301: yeas 50, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
+- **2020-03-04** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-04** Motion to concur filed
+- **2020-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 322: yeas 70, nays 15 `amendment-failure`
+- **2020-03-10** 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 116
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d21f87ad-d146-4ab5-aba4-057af0331836`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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