---
type: "Bill"
title: "National guard license plates."
description: "Extends eligibility for National Guard license plates to former members of the National Guard."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "SB 331"
citation: "Indiana SB 331 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "License Plates", "Registrations", "and Titles", "MILITARY FORCES", "VETERANS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Chris Garten", "Chris Judy"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-13"
last_action: "2020-03-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/12c044a9-acd5-48df-a8fb-0c95f367fe34"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/331"
source_hash: "3bddde498e82b0e9d56afba663f40a67dcbe578aabccd3c1b57574d1ac8d6484"
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 331 (2020) — National guard license plates.

Extends eligibility for National Guard license plates to former members of the National Guard.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0331/versions/SB0331.04.ENRH)
2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0331/versions/SB0331.01.INTR)
3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0331/versions/SB0331.02.COMS)
4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/SB0331/versions/SB0331.03.COMH)

## Votes

- SB 331 - Judy - 3rd Reading — **86–0** (pass) · lower
- SB 331 - Zay - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Chris Judy — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
- Holli Sullivan — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
- James Tomes — coauthor (person)
- John Crane — coauthor (person)
- Karlee Macer — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Philip Boots — coauthor (person)
- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Spartz — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-13** Authored by Senator Zay
- **2020-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-14** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
- **2020-01-27** Senator Garten added as second author
- **2020-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-28** Senators Tomes, Crider, Boots added as coauthors
- **2020-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-02-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 127: yeas 47, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-02-03** House sponsor: Representative Judy
- **2020-02-03** Cosponsor: Representative Bartels
- **2020-02-03** Senators Bohacek, Crane, Freeman, Spartz, Donato added as coauthors
- **2020-02-04** Referred to the House
- **2020-02-11** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-17** Representatives Sullivan and Macer added as cosponsors
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 282: yeas 86, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2020-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-16** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-18** Public Law 79

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/12c044a9-acd5-48df-a8fb-0c95f367fe34`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).