---
type: "Bill"
title: "Theft and sale of catalytic converters and valuable metals."
description: "Provides that the theft of a component part of a motor vehicle, including a catalytic converter, is a Level 6 felony. Expands qualifying prior convictions for Level 6 felony theft to include robbery and burglary. Provides that a valuable metal dealer who: (1) knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with certain statutes regulating the purchase of a valuable metal; and (2) purchases a stolen valuable metal; commits a Level 6 felony."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "SB 167"
citation: "Indiana SB 167 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Offenses Against Property", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Equipment and Parts; Repair"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Jack Sandlin", "John Young"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-05"
last_action: "2021-04-19"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/714c5450-30ec-4d0d-be46-f0849c3cabf5"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/167"
source_hash: "a00859a0c08f97557e631bec0bc4a3230555ffff945ffb48c5089b043c16c33e"
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 167 (2021) — Theft and sale of catalytic converters and valuable metals.

Provides that the theft of a component part of a motor vehicle, including a catalytic converter, is a Level 6 felony. Expands qualifying prior convictions for Level 6 felony theft to include robbery and burglary. Provides that a valuable metal dealer who: (1) knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with certain statutes regulating the purchase of a valuable metal; and (2) purchases a stolen valuable metal; commits a Level 6 felony.

## 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/2021/bills/SB0167/versions/SB0167.03.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0167/versions/SB0167.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0167/versions/SB0167.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0167/versions/SB0167.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/SB0167/versions/SB0167.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 167 - Young J - 3rd Reading — **98–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
- John Young — primary (person)
- Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
- Chris Garten — coauthor (person)
- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
- Justin Moed — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Mitch Gore — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-05** Authored by Senator Sandlin
- **2021-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Senator Zay added as coauthor
- **2021-01-28** Senator Freeman added as second author
- **2021-01-28** Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
- **2021-01-28** Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
- **2021-02-01** Amendment #2 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 45: yeas 44, nays 3 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-02** House sponsor: Representative Young J
- **2021-02-02** Cosponsor: Representative Davis M
- **2021-02-02** Senator Garten added as coauthor
- **2021-02-03** Referred to the House
- **2021-03-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-16** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 268: yeas 98, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-16** Representative Moed added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-16** Representative Gore M added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-17** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-29** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-01** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 312: yeas 46, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-19** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-19** Public Law 70

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/714c5450-30ec-4d0d-be46-f0849c3cabf5`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).