--- type: "Bill" title: "Mobile retail food establishment licenses." description: "Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish: (1) a statewide mobile retail food establishment license (license); (2) standards for the licensure, inspection, and operation of a mobile retail food establishment; and (3) license fees and inspection fees. Requires the state department to establish a workgroup to collaborate with in implementing specified provisions. Beginning January 1, 2027, requires a local health department to: (1) receive applications for licenses; (2) collect annual license and inspection fees; (3) issue licenses; and (4) conduct semiannual inspections of a mobile retail food establishment that is issued a license. Provides that an owner or operator of a mobile retail food establishment issued a license is not required to obtain a county or local license or permit, nor required to pay a county or local inspection fee or a license or permit fee. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, a person may not operate a mobile retail food establishment in Indiana unless the person obtains a license. Requires the state department to adopt rules to implement these provisions. Repeals provisions of law governing mobile retail food establishment permits effective January 1, 2027." jurisdiction: "us/states/in" legislature: "Indiana General Assembly" session: "2025" identifier: "HB 1577" citation: "Indiana HB 1577 (2025)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH)", "HEALTH; Generally", "PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Generally"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Joanna King", "Mike Bohacek", "Shelli Yoder", "Tyler Johnson"] version_count: 4 action_count: 39 vote_count: 4 first_action: "2025-01-21" last_action: "2025-05-06" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62920783-d9f4-4627-8a17-fb3311c9a827" source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1577" source_hash: "83980bb3dda5746e963f91bf6767cce768864896edf92cc80733ecc5c31346b6" 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 1577 (2025) — Mobile retail food establishment licenses. Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish: (1) a statewide mobile retail food establishment license (license); (2) standards for the licensure, inspection, and operation of a mobile retail food establishment; and (3) license fees and inspection fees. Requires the state department to establish a workgroup to collaborate with in implementing specified provisions. Beginning January 1, 2027, requires a local health department to: (1) receive applications for licenses; (2) collect annual license and inspection fees; (3) issue licenses; and (4) conduct semiannual inspections of a mobile retail food establishment that is issued a license. Provides that an owner or operator of a mobile retail food establishment issued a license is not required to obtain a county or local license or permit, nor required to pay a county or local inspection fee or a license or permit fee. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, a person may not operate a mobile retail food establishment in Indiana unless the person obtains a license. Requires the state department to adopt rules to implement these provisions. Repeals provisions of law governing mobile retail food establishment permits effective January 1, 2027. ## 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/HB1577/HB1577.06.ENRS.pdf) 2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1577/HB1577.05.COMS.pdf) 3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1577/HB1577.04.COMS.pdf) 4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1577/HB1577.01.INTR.pdf) ## Votes - HB 1577 - King — **88–2** (pass) · lower - HB 1577 - King - 3rd Reading — **94–2** (pass) · lower - HB 1577 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper - HB 1577 - Johnson T — **50–0** (pass) · upper ## Sponsors - Joanna King — primary (person) - Mike Bohacek — primary (person) - Shelli Yoder — primary (person) - Tyler Johnson — primary (person) - Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person) - La Keisha Jackson — cosponsor (person) - Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person) - Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person) - Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person) - Timothy O'Brien — coauthor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative King - **2025-01-21** Coauthored by Representative Shackleford - **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-01-28** Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 - **2025-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-01-30** Representative Olthoff added as coauthor - **2025-01-30** Representative Shackleford removed as coauthor - **2025-02-11** Representatives Shackleford and O'Brien added as coauthors - **2025-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2025-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 197: yeas 94, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2025-02-18** Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson T - **2025-02-19** Referred to the Senate `referral` - **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee` - **2025-03-13** Senator Jackson L added as cosponsor - **2025-03-24** Senator Yoder added as third sponsor - **2025-03-24** Senator Bohacek added as second sponsor - **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2025-04-01** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor - **2025-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2025-04-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 349: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2025-04-07** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor - **2025-04-08** Motion to dissent filed `filing` - **2025-04-08** House dissented from Senate amendments - **2025-04-08** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt` - **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Bohacek - **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Johnson T and Yoder - **2025-04-15** House conferees appointed: King and Shackleford - **2025-04-15** House advisors appointed: Olthoff, O'Brien and Bauer - **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing` - **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing` - **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 542: yeas 88, nays 2 - **2025-05-06** Public Law 235 `became-law` - **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage` - **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 518: yeas 50, nays 0 - **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage` - **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62920783-d9f4-4627-8a17-fb3311c9a827`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).