---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning transportation."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning transportation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1422"
citation: "Indiana HB 1422 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRANSPORTATION", "Department of", "STUDY COMMITTEES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Jim Pressel", "Mike Bohacek", "Rick Niemeyer"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 34
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-17"
last_action: "2017-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d2b7e567-326e-48f8-a75e-6429f33ac50c"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1422"
source_hash: "46d7cf795d8b94c24373ebca47c5cc3e4d28c8276cd70e0327ec6ff95050fb42"
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 1422 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning transportation.

## 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/2017/bills/hb1422/versions/hb1422.03.engh)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1422/versions/hb1422.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1422/versions/hb1422.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1422/versions/hb1422.04.coms)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1422/versions/hb1422.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1422 - Bohacek - 3rd Reading — **42–6** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1422 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **93–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Rick Niemeyer — primary (person)
- Charlie Brown — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Earl Harris — coauthor (person)
- Edmond Soliday — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2017-01-17** Coauthored by Representative Soliday
- **2017-01-17** Authored by Representative Pressel
- **2017-01-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-21** Amendment #2 (Pressel) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-02-21** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-21** Representative Brown, C. added as coauthor
- **2017-02-21** Representative Harris added as coauthor
- **2017-02-27** Senate sponsor: Senator Bohacek
- **2017-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 232: yeas 93, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-28** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-27** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-27** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-28** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-30** Senator Niemeyer added as second sponsor
- **2017-04-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 376: yeas 42, nays 6 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-04-05** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-11** Motion to dissent filed
- **2017-04-11** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-12** House conferees appointed: Pressel and Brown C
- **2017-04-12** House advisors appointed: Soliday, Negele, Candelaria Reardon and Harris
- **2017-04-12** Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Niezgodski
- **2017-04-12** Senate advisors appointed: Bohacek, Mrvan and Delph
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2017-04-20** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-21** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 524: yeas 98, nays 0
- **2017-04-21** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 512: yeas 48, nays 0
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2017-04-26** Public Law 196
- **2017-04-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d2b7e567-326e-48f8-a75e-6429f33ac50c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).