---
type: "Bill"
title: "Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes."
description: "Provides that the controlled substance paraphernalia statutes do not apply to items marketed to detect the presence of a drug or controlled substance."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1167"
citation: "Indiana HB 1167 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Illicit Drugs", "Substances", "and Alcohol Offenses"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Brett Clark", "Jennifer Meltzer"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2025-01-08"
last_action: "2025-04-10"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/64074e1d-bd13-4e83-bf4d-85d07404189b"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1167"
source_hash: "32cb15f177ba62f86bf690ad6c77ea8112eeee59ae0d9f11eddb76ba191709aa"
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 1167 (2025) — Exceptions to paraphernalia statutes.

Provides that the controlled substance paraphernalia statutes do not apply to items marketed to detect the presence of a drug or controlled substance.

## 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/HB1167/HB1167.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1167/HB1167.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1167/HB1167.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1167/HB1167.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1167 - Clark - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1167 - Meltzer - 3rd Reading — **91–2** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Brett Clark — primary (person)
- Jennifer Meltzer — primary (person)
- Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
- Rodney Pol — cosponsor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
- Susan Glick — cosponsor (person)
- Tyler Johnson — cosponsor (person)
- Victoria Garcia Wilburn — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Meltzer
- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-08** Coauthored by Representative Garcia Wilburn
- **2025-01-21** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Clark
- **2025-01-28** Representatives Zimmerman and Shackleford added as coauthors
- **2025-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 30: yeas 91, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-01-28** Cosponsor: Senator Johnson T
- **2025-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-03-20** Senators Glick and Pol added as cosponsors
- **2025-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-03-24** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 266: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-03-25** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-03-27** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-03** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Public Law 53 `became-law`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/64074e1d-bd13-4e83-bf4d-85d07404189b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).