--- type: "Bill" title: "Driving without a license." description: "Adds the following criminal offenses for an individual who knowingly or intentionally operates a motor vehicle on a highway and has never received a valid driver's license: (1) A Class A misdemeanor if the operation of the motor vehicle results in bodily injury. (2) A Level 6 felony if the operation of the motor vehicle results in serious bodily injury. (3) A Level 5 felony if the operation of the motor vehicle results in the death or catastrophic injury of another person. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to: (1) apply for a driver's license or permit with the intent to transfer the license or permit to an individual not entitled to the license or permit; or (2) register or apply for a certificate of title to a motor vehicle with the intent to permit an individual not entitled to a driver's license or permit to operate the vehicle. Increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony if the offense involves at least two individuals or motor vehicles, or if the person uses a business organization or nonprofit organization to commit the offense." jurisdiction: "us/states/in" legislature: "Indiana General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 1114" citation: "Indiana HB 1114 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["AGENCIES; Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV)", "AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC)", "CORRECTIONS; Adult Inmates and Facilities", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally", "TRANSPORTATION; Licenses", "Plates", "Registration", "and Titles"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Alex Zimmerman", "Cyndi Carrasco", "Eric Koch"] version_count: 4 action_count: 23 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2025-01-08" last_action: "2025-04-30" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad40fab2-d365-436a-8196-659d14414f5f" source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1114" source_hash: "3346fb1e7bf4fd934b1dcc85ab17ee67b6694851aefac45a5fdd078dfbbdc79a" 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 1114 (2025) — Driving without a license. Adds the following criminal offenses for an individual who knowingly or intentionally operates a motor vehicle on a highway and has never received a valid driver's license: (1) A Class A misdemeanor if the operation of the motor vehicle results in bodily injury. (2) A Level 6 felony if the operation of the motor vehicle results in serious bodily injury. (3) A Level 5 felony if the operation of the motor vehicle results in the death or catastrophic injury of another person. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to: (1) apply for a driver's license or permit with the intent to transfer the license or permit to an individual not entitled to the license or permit; or (2) register or apply for a certificate of title to a motor vehicle with the intent to permit an individual not entitled to a driver's license or permit to operate the vehicle. Increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony if the offense involves at least two individuals or motor vehicles, or if the person uses a business organization or nonprofit organization to commit the offense. ## 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/HB1114/HB1114.04.ENRS.pdf) 2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1114/HB1114.03.COMS.pdf) 3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1114/HB1114.02.COMH.pdf) 4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1114/HB1114.01.INTR.pdf) ## Votes - HB 1114 - Koch - 2nd Reading — **8–39** (fail) · upper - HB 1114 - Zimmerman — **68–18** (pass) · lower - HB 1114 - Zimmerman - 3rd Reading — **69–24** (pass) · lower - HB 1114 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Alex Zimmerman — primary (person) - Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person) - Eric Koch — primary (person) - Garrett Bascom — coauthor (person) - Jim Lucas — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Zimmerman - **2025-01-08** Coauthored by Representative Lucas - **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-01-28** Representative Bascom G added as coauthor - **2025-02-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-02-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2025-02-13** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch - **2025-02-14** Referred to the Senate `referral` - **2025-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 155: yeas 69, nays 24 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2025-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-03-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-03-18** Senator Carrasco added as second sponsor - **2025-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2025-03-20** Amendment #1 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 255: yeas 8, nays 39 `amendment-failure, failure` - **2025-03-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 43, nays 4 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2025-03-25** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt` - **2025-04-14** Motion to concur filed `filing` - **2025-04-16** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 463: yeas 68, nays 18 - **2025-04-17** Signed by the Speaker `passage` - **2025-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage` - **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage` - **2025-04-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-30** Public Law 117 `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ad40fab2-d365-436a-8196-659d14414f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).