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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Theft and sale of catalytic converters and valuable metals."
+description: "Provides that the theft of a component part of a motor vehicle, including a catalytic converter, is a Level 6 felony. Expands qualifying prior convictions for Level 6 felony theft to include robbery and burglary. Provides that a valuable metal dealer who: (1) knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with certain statutes regulating the purchase of a valuable metal; and (2) purchases a stolen valuable metal; commits a Level 6 felony."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2021"
+identifier: "SB 167"
+citation: "Indiana SB 167 (2021)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Offenses Against Property", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Equipment and Parts; Repair"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jack Sandlin", "John Young"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 28
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2021-01-05"
+last_action: "2021-04-19"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/714c5450-30ec-4d0d-be46-f0849c3cabf5"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/167"
+source_hash: "a00859a0c08f97557e631bec0bc4a3230555ffff945ffb48c5089b043c16c33e"
+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 SB 167 (2021) — Theft and sale of catalytic converters and valuable metals.
+
+Provides that the theft of a component part of a motor vehicle, including a catalytic converter, is a Level 6 felony. Expands qualifying prior convictions for Level 6 felony theft to include robbery and burglary. Provides that a valuable metal dealer who: (1) knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with certain statutes regulating the purchase of a valuable metal; and (2) purchases a stolen valuable metal; commits a Level 6 felony.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0167/versions/SB0167.03.ENGS)
+2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0167/versions/SB0167.05.ENRH)
+3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0167/versions/SB0167.01.INTR)
+4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0167/versions/SB0167.04.COMH)
+5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0167/versions/SB0167.02.COMS)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 167 - Young J - 3rd Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
+- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
+- John Young — primary (person)
+- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
+- Chris Garten — coauthor (person)
+- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
+- Justin Moed — cosponsor (person)
+- Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)
+- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
+- Mitch Gore — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2021-01-05** Authored by Senator Sandlin
+- **2021-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-01-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2021-01-14** Senator Zay added as coauthor
+- **2021-01-28** Senator Freeman added as second author
+- **2021-01-28** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
+- **2021-01-28** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
+- **2021-02-01** Amendment #2 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
+- **2021-02-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 45: yeas 44, nays 3 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-02-02** House sponsor: Representative Young J
+- **2021-02-02** Cosponsor: Representative Davis M
+- **2021-02-02** Senator Garten added as coauthor
+- **2021-02-03** Referred to the House
+- **2021-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2021-03-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2021-03-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2021-03-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 268: yeas 98, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2021-03-16** Representative Moed added as cosponsor
+- **2021-03-16** Representative Gore M added as cosponsor
+- **2021-03-17** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-03-29** Motion to concur filed
+- **2021-04-01** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 312: yeas 46, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
+- **2021-04-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2021-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
+- **2021-04-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2021-04-19** Public Law 70
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/714c5450-30ec-4d0d-be46-f0849c3cabf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+