---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2018"
identifier: "SB 266"
citation: "Indiana SB 266 (2018)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "Traffic Rules and Regulations", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Traffic Violations and Penalties", "SAFETY generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["John Ruckelshaus", "Michael Crider", "Randall Frye"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 33
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2018-01-03"
last_action: "2018-03-21"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/7c61e4bf-2434-4290-a06f-35e43939a0d3"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/266"
source_hash: "9a45e36524f5d753e4a168eb5c7078a9aed3cbbb1143a7d95462b0be240b5609"
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 266 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

## 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/2018/bills/sb0266/versions/sb0266.05.engh)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0266/versions/sb0266.06.enrh)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0266/versions/sb0266.01.intr)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0266/versions/sb0266.04.comh)
5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0266/versions/sb0266.03.coms)
6. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0266/versions/sb0266.02.coms)

## Votes

- SB 266 - Frye - 3rd Reading — **94–1** (pass) · legislature
- SB 266 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- John Ruckelshaus — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Randall Frye — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Terry Goodin — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-01-09** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `referral-committee, committee-passage`
- **2018-01-16** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2018-01-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 106: yeas 49, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-01-30** House sponsor: Representative Frye R
- **2018-02-01** Referred to the House
- **2018-02-01** Senator Ruckelshaus added as second author
- **2018-02-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2018-02-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2018-02-22** Representative Goodin added as cosponsor
- **2018-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-02-27** Placed back on second reading `reading-2`
- **2018-02-28** Amendment #1 (Frye R) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2018-02-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2018-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 286: yeas 94, nays 1 `reading-3, passage`
- **2018-03-02** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** Motion to dissent filed
- **2018-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Niezgodski
- **2018-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Ruckelshaus and Mrvan
- **2018-03-05** Senate dissented from House amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-05** House conferees appointed: Frye R and Forestal
- **2018-03-05** House advisors appointed: Soliday and Candelaria Reardon
- **2018-03-13** Dissent rescinded
- **2018-03-13** Motion to concur filed
- **2018-03-14** Rules Suspended. Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 398: yeas 49, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2018-03-21** Public Law 164
- **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/7c61e4bf-2434-4290-a06f-35e43939a0d3`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).