---
type: "Bill"
title: "Permanent trailer registration."
description: "Defines \"permanent registration\" for purposes of motor vehicles. Provides that the owner of a trailer that weighs 3,000 pounds or less may apply to the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) for a permanent registration for a fee of $82. Requires the owner of a trailer that applies to the bureau for a permanent registration to pay twice the amount of the surtax otherwise due when the owner obtains a permanent registration. Provides that the owner of a trailer that obtains a permanent registration is not subject to additional surtax payments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1356"
citation: "Indiana HB 1356 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR CARRIERS", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "License Plates", "Registrations", "and Titles", "TAXES generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Michael Crider", "Stacey Donato", "Timothy Wesco"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b6f29649-f666-4167-b1e3-3b737782668b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1356"
source_hash: "6461a9be502ebc951c399ee7a2f8629e582ed96d49da9d832d0a9b25b99905ed"
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 1356 (2021) — Permanent trailer registration.

Defines "permanent registration" for purposes of motor vehicles. Provides that the owner of a trailer that weighs 3,000 pounds or less may apply to the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) for a permanent registration for a fee of $82. Requires the owner of a trailer that applies to the bureau for a permanent registration to pay twice the amount of the surtax otherwise due when the owner obtains a permanent registration. Provides that the owner of a trailer that obtains a permanent registration is not subject to additional surtax payments.

## 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/2021/bills/HB1356/versions/HB1356.06.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1356/versions/HB1356.07.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1356/versions/HB1356.03.COMH)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1356/versions/HB1356.02.COMH)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1356/versions/HB1356.04.COMS)
6. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1356/versions/HB1356.05.COMS)
7. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1356/versions/HB1356.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1356 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **41–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Stacey Donato — primary (person)
- Timothy Wesco — primary (person)
- Dale DeVon — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Coauthored by Representative DeVon
- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Wesco
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Referred to the Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2021-02-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 147: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-17** Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot, Crider, Donato
- **2021-02-18** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-24** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-02** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-15** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Amendment #1 (Doriot) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 245: yeas 41, nays 6 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-08** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 389: yeas 84, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-23** Public Law 114

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b6f29649-f666-4167-b1e3-3b737782668b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).