---
type: "Bill"
title: "Motor vehicle crash investigations."
description: "Changes the property damage requirement to $2,500 (current law is $1,000) for certain failures to provide evidence of financial responsibility following a motor vehicle accident. Changes the apparent damage requirement for a law enforcement officer to investigate motor vehicle accidents involving property damage to $2,500 (current law is $1,000). Provides that a law enforcement officer shall assist operators with the requirements of IC 9-26-1-1.1 under certain circumstances. Adds certain infractions and offenses to the list of violations enforceable by weigh station supervisors or operators."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "SB 156"
citation: "Indiana SB 156 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT generally", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Accidents and Vehicle Insurance", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Bureau of Motor Vehicles", "License Branches", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Drivers' Licenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Jim Pressel", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 22
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7ad4834-9739-47b3-9513-c7e4209e6acf"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/156"
source_hash: "9360457fe1225ef999549a7f1d27ee4a252818f4490422a3bf4051b0300289e4"
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 156 (2022) — Motor vehicle crash investigations.

Changes the property damage requirement to $2,500 (current law is $1,000) for certain failures to provide evidence of financial responsibility following a motor vehicle accident. Changes the apparent damage requirement for a law enforcement officer to investigate motor vehicle accidents involving property damage to $2,500 (current law is $1,000). Provides that a law enforcement officer shall assist operators with the requirements of IC 9-26-1-1.1 under certain circumstances. Adds certain infractions and offenses to the list of violations enforceable by weigh station supervisors or operators.

## 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/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.03.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.05.ENRH)
3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.01.INTR)
4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.04.COMH)
5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.02.COMS)

## Votes

- SB 156 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Authored by Senator Crider
- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-13** Senator Doriot added as second author
- **2022-01-24** Placed back on second reading `reading-2`
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #1 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Amendment #2 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-27** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 110: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Pressel
- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate without amendments
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11** Public Law 88
- **2022-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f7ad4834-9739-47b3-9513-c7e4209e6acf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).