---
type: "Bill"
title: "Distracted driving."
description: "Provides that, except in certain circumstances, a person may not hold or use a telecommunications device while operating a moving motor vehicle. Removes prohibitions on typing, transmitting, or reading a text message or an electronic mail message while operating a moving motor vehicle. Provides that the bureau may not assess points under the point system for a violation occurring before July 1, 2021."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1070"
citation: "Indiana HB 1070 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "Traffic Rules and Regulations", "TELECOMMUNICATIONS", "Telephone", "Television", "Radio", "and Internet"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Holli Sullivan", "Michael Crider", "Ronald Grooms"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 38
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/43d9cd24-3e01-4f68-82f8-84054bfee578"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1070"
source_hash: "b2cc5c5c00aa7135ccdd0c8af2e3d4668d0c9fb4785a5d11fbcbe9a4f46bbe77"
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 1070 (2020) — Distracted driving.

Provides that, except in certain circumstances, a person may not hold or use a telecommunications device while operating a moving motor vehicle. Removes prohibitions on typing, transmitting, or reading a text message or an electronic mail message while operating a moving motor vehicle. Provides that the bureau may not assess points under the point system for a violation occurring before July 1, 2021.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1070/versions/HB1070.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1070/versions/HB1070.03.COMS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1070/versions/HB1070.02.COMH)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1070/versions/HB1070.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1070 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper
- HB 1070 - Sullivan - 3rd Reading — **86–10** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Holli Sullivan — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
- David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
- Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
- Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
- Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mara Candelaria Reardon — coauthor (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Coauthored by Representative Pressel
- **2020-01-13** Authored by Representative Sullivan
- **2020-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-16** Representative Karickhoff added as coauthor
- **2020-01-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
- **2020-01-29** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 128: yeas 86, nays 10 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-29** Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
- **2020-01-29** Rule 105.1 suspended
- **2020-01-29** Representative Candelaria Reardon added as coauthor
- **2020-01-30** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-10** Senator Grooms added as second sponsor
- **2020-02-11** Senators Mrvan and Ford J.D. added as cosponsors
- **2020-02-17** Senator Ford Jon added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-02-20** Senators Rogers and Niezgodski added as cosponsors
- **2020-02-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-24** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 43, nays 4 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-25** Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
- **2020-02-26** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** Motion to dissent filed
- **2020-03-04** House dissented from Senate amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-04** House conferees appointed: Sullivan and Candelaria Reardon
- **2020-03-04** House advisors appointed: Morris, Pressel, Vermilion, Goodrich, Lauer, Chyung and Deal
- **2020-03-05** Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Niezgodski
- **2020-03-05** Senate advisors appointed: Grooms, Ford J.D., Ford Jon and Mrvan
- **2020-03-09** CCR # 1 filed in the House
- **2020-03-09** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
- **2020-03-10** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 341: yeas 81, nays 11
- **2020-03-10** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 354: yeas 49, nays 1
- **2020-03-11** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 100

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/43d9cd24-3e01-4f68-82f8-84054bfee578`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).