---
type: "Bill"
title: "Notice to owner of the site of an accident."
description: "Provides that, on or before July 1, 2026, each law enforcement agency shall adopt and implement protocols for the law enforcement agency to notify a real property owner of: (1) damage to the owner's real property, crops, or a building, structure, or fixture attached to the owner's real property that is reported to a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency; and (2) debris identified by a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency that is left on the owner's real property that could damage farm equipment or other vehicles or property; resulting from a motor vehicle accident."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1012"
citation: "Indiana HB 1012 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGRICULTURE; Crops", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally", "PROPERTY; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "J.D. Prescott", "James Tomes", "Scott Alexander"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 23
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b05b6c90-4629-4dd0-ae9e-22f589617210"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1012"
source_hash: "869a624707c2c58026e62ebee85dce157fc39f5a24b9d713e2235d7d80b82846"
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 1012 (2025) — Notice to owner of the site of an accident.

Provides that, on or before July 1, 2026, each law enforcement agency shall adopt and implement protocols for the law enforcement agency to notify a real property owner of: (1) damage to the owner's real property, crops, or a building, structure, or fixture attached to the owner's real property that is reported to a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency; and (2) debris identified by a law enforcement officer or law enforcement agency that is left on the owner's real property that could damage farm equipment or other vehicles or property; resulting from a motor vehicle accident.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1012/HB1012.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1012/HB1012.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1012/HB1012.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1012/HB1012.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1012 - Prescott - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- HB 1012 - Alexander - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- J.D. Prescott — primary (person)
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Scott Alexander — primary (person)
- Daryl Schmitt — cosponsor (person)
- Doug Miller — coauthor (person)
- Ed Charbonneau — cosponsor (person)
- Gary Byrne — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Mark Spencer — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Prescott
- **2025-01-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 17: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Alexander
- **2025-01-28** Representative Miller D added as coauthor
- **2025-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-13** Senators Byrne, Charbonneau, Spencer added as cosponsors
- **2025-03-13** Senator Doriot added as third sponsor
- **2025-03-13** Senator Tomes added as second sponsor
- **2025-03-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-18** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-18** Senator Schmitt added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 240: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-19** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-03-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-01** Public Law 15 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b05b6c90-4629-4dd0-ae9e-22f589617210`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).