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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Motor vehicle crash investigations."
+description: "Changes the property damage requirement to $2,500 (current law is $1,000) for certain failures to provide evidence of financial responsibility following a motor vehicle accident. Changes the apparent damage requirement for a law enforcement officer to investigate motor vehicle accidents involving property damage to $2,500 (current law is $1,000). Provides that a law enforcement officer shall assist operators with the requirements of IC 9-26-1-1.1 under certain circumstances. Adds certain infractions and offenses to the list of violations enforceable by weigh station supervisors or operators."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2022"
+identifier: "SB 156"
+citation: "Indiana SB 156 (2022)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT generally", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Accidents and Vehicle Insurance", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Bureau of Motor Vehicles", "License Branches", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Drivers' Licenses"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Jim Pressel", "Michael Crider"]
+version_count: 5
+action_count: 22
+vote_count: 1
+first_action: "2022-01-06"
+last_action: "2022-03-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7ad4834-9739-47b3-9513-c7e4209e6acf"
+source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/156"
+source_hash: "9360457fe1225ef999549a7f1d27ee4a252818f4490422a3bf4051b0300289e4"
+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 156 (2022) — Motor vehicle crash investigations.
+
+Changes the property damage requirement to $2,500 (current law is $1,000) for certain failures to provide evidence of financial responsibility following a motor vehicle accident. Changes the apparent damage requirement for a law enforcement officer to investigate motor vehicle accidents involving property damage to $2,500 (current law is $1,000). Provides that a law enforcement officer shall assist operators with the requirements of IC 9-26-1-1.1 under certain circumstances. Adds certain infractions and offenses to the list of violations enforceable by weigh station supervisors or operators.
+
+## 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/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.03.ENGS)
+2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.05.ENRH)
+3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.01.INTR)
+4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.04.COMH)
+5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.02.COMS)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 156 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
+- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
+- Michael Crider — primary (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2022-01-06** Authored by Senator Crider
+- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-01-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2022-01-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-01-13** Senator Doriot added as second author
+- **2022-01-24** Placed back on second reading `reading-2`
+- **2022-01-27** Amendment #1 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
+- **2022-01-27** Amendment #2 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
+- **2022-01-27** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 110: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Pressel
+- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
+- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2022-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
+- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate without amendments
+- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
+- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
+- **2022-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2022-03-11** Public Law 88
+- **2022-03-11** 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/f7ad4834-9739-47b3-9513-c7e4209e6acf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+