---
type: "Bill"
title: "Converted motor vehicle protection."
description: "Provides for protection for a buyer who purchases a converted motor vehicle for personal, noncommercial use, when the converted motor vehicle suffers from a nonconformity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1073"
citation: "Indiana HB 1073 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES generally", "PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Chris Garten", "Erin Houchin", "Karen Engleman"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 28
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2022-01-04"
last_action: "2022-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0335494-b448-438d-a1c7-4b12f4202d9b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1073"
source_hash: "2a41a15180aed12f804d2801e2695a7dfa190dab349a20319c50b731487970e0"
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 1073 (2022) — Converted motor vehicle protection.

Provides for protection for a buyer who purchases a converted motor vehicle for personal, noncommercial use, when the converted motor vehicle suffers from a nonconformity.

## 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/2022/bills/HB1073/versions/HB1073.03.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1073/versions/HB1073.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1073/versions/HB1073.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1073/versions/HB1073.04.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1073/versions/HB1073.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1073 - Doriot - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Erin Houchin — primary (person)
- Karen Engleman — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
- Rita Fleming — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-04** Coauthored by Representatives Clere and Fleming
- **2022-01-04** Authored by Representative Engleman
- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-12** Representative Frye added as coauthor
- **2022-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Amendment #1 (Engleman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-18** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-20** Senate sponsors: Senators Doriot, Houchin, Garten
- **2022-01-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-20** Cosponsor: Senator Ford J.D.
- **2022-01-21** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-01** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-01** Senator Garten removed as third sponsor
- **2022-02-01** Senator Houchin removed as second sponsor
- **2022-02-01** Senator Garten added as second sponsor
- **2022-02-01** Senator Houchin added as third sponsor
- **2022-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-24** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-02-28** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2022-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 281: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-02** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-02** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 321: yeas 92, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-04** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-11** Public Law 91
- **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/c0335494-b448-438d-a1c7-4b12f4202d9b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).