---
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: "2018"
identifier: "HB 1290"
citation: "Indiana HB 1290 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["TRANSPORTATION generally", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Taxes", "ENERGY"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Edmond Soliday", "Eric Bassler", "Ryan Mishler"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 28
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2018-01-11"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f55cb7eb-62f6-4948-b8c1-089c3e1e6fea"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/house/1290"
source_hash: "75de42704f918c8c30408c2f8819e515d740dae34b01678cd1e89350ef52ce20"
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 1290 (2018) — 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 (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1290/versions/hb1290.05.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1290/versions/hb1290.06.enrs)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1290/versions/hb1290.02.comh)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1290/versions/hb1290.03.comh)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1290/versions/hb1290.04.coms)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/hb1290/versions/hb1290.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1290 - Soliday - 3rd Reading — **89–1** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1290 - Soliday — **78–0** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1290 - Mishler - 3rd Reading — **40–9** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Edmond Soliday — primary (person)
- Eric Bassler — primary (person)
- Ryan Mishler — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
- Joe Taylor — coauthor (person)
- Karen Tallian — cosponsor (person)
- Shane Lindauer — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Brown — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-11** Coauthored by Representative Brown T
- **2018-01-11** Authored by Representative Soliday
- **2018-01-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-25** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-29** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-31** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-01** Representatives Lindauer and Taylor J added as coauthors
- **2018-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 136: yeas 89, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-02-01** Senate sponsor: Senator Mishler
- **2018-02-02** Referred to the Senate
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Appropriations `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-26** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-27** Senator Bassler added as second sponsor
- **2018-03-01** Amendment #1 (Tomes) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 298: yeas 40, nays 9 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-05** Senator Niezgodski added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Senator Tallian added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-05** Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
- **2018-03-06** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-08** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-08** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 358: yeas 78, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-14** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 185
- **2018-03-21** 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/f55cb7eb-62f6-4948-b8c1-089c3e1e6fea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).