---
type: "Bill"
title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles."
description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2017"
identifier: "HB 1200"
citation: "Indiana HB 1200 (2017)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Labor Laws and Safety Issues", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Equipment and Parts; Repair"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Erin Houchin", "Lloyd Arnold", "Mark Messmer", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 24
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2017-01-10"
last_action: "2017-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/78ca6c0e-dc6a-4efa-96dd-a3a3d907a613"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1200"
source_hash: "de5a95f6e73e83df116628f9a57cd9b834592b67233e2c7a8d8ee65993fad322"
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 1200 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1200/versions/hb1200.04.engs)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1200/versions/hb1200.05.enrs)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1200/versions/hb1200.03.coms)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1200/versions/hb1200.02.comh)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/hb1200/versions/hb1200.01.intr)

## Votes

- HB 1200 - Arnold - 3rd Reading — **64–29** (pass) · legislature
- HB 1200 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **37–12** (pass) · legislature

## Sponsors

- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Lloyd Arnold — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Greg Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Lawson — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Ron Alting — cosponsor (person)
- Ronald Bacon — coauthor (person)
- Timothy Lanane — cosponsor (person)
- Vaneta Becker — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2017-01-10** Coauthored by Representatives Bacon, McNamara and Lawson L
- **2017-01-10** Authored by Representative Arnold L
- **2017-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-02-02** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-02-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 92: yeas 64, nays 29 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-02-09** Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer, Crider and Houchin
- **2017-02-09** Cosponsor: Senator Becker
- **2017-02-10** Referred to the Senate
- **2017-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2017-03-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2017-03-23** Senator Taylor G added as cosponsor
- **2017-03-27** Amendment #2 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
- **2017-03-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2017-03-27** Senators Alting, Lanane, Randolph, Sandlin added as cosponsors
- **2017-03-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 328: yeas 37, nays 12 `reading-3, passage`
- **2017-03-31** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-10** Motion to concur filed
- **2017-04-11** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 454: yeas 67, nays 23 `amendment-failure`
- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2017-04-24** Public Law 141
- **2017-04-24** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2017-04-24** 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/78ca6c0e-dc6a-4efa-96dd-a3a3d907a613`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).