--- type: "Bill" title: "Virtual currency kiosks." description: "Prohibits the operation of virtual currency kiosks in Indiana. Provides that: (1) a person that violates these provisions commits an act that is actionable by the attorney general under law regarding deceptive consumer sales; and (2) in addition to the penalties prescribed for deceptive consumer sales, a person that knowingly or intentionally violates these provisions may be ordered to forfeit one or both of: (A) the amount of the charges assessed to users of the person's virtual currency kiosks in Indiana during the period of the violation; and (B) any virtual currency kiosk operated by the operator in Indiana. Provides that the attorney general may bring an enforcement action against: (1) the operator of a virtual currency kiosk that gives rise to a violation; and (2) the owner of the premises on which the virtual currency kiosk is located if the owner knowingly or intentionally permitted the violation." jurisdiction: "us/states/in" legislature: "Indiana General Assembly" session: "2026" identifier: "HB 1116" citation: "Indiana HB 1116 (2026)" classification: ["bill"] subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "FINANCIAL SERVICES; Currency", "PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Finance Industry", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Attorney General"] status: "enacted" primary_sponsors: ["Scott Baldwin", "Vaneta Becker", "Wendy McNamara"] version_count: 4 action_count: 24 vote_count: 3 first_action: "2026-01-05" last_action: "2026-03-09" source: "openstates" source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0212e34-a2c9-4852-b92e-daa5585cd963" source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1116" source_hash: "22b4c242bdaf2036ffca4b1f1adaa9d3ffe9b8314fdb71c0b6bba1053aa64a9f" 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 1116 (2026) — Virtual currency kiosks. Prohibits the operation of virtual currency kiosks in Indiana. Provides that: (1) a person that violates these provisions commits an act that is actionable by the attorney general under law regarding deceptive consumer sales; and (2) in addition to the penalties prescribed for deceptive consumer sales, a person that knowingly or intentionally violates these provisions may be ordered to forfeit one or both of: (A) the amount of the charges assessed to users of the person's virtual currency kiosks in Indiana during the period of the violation; and (B) any virtual currency kiosk operated by the operator in Indiana. Provides that the attorney general may bring an enforcement action against: (1) the operator of a virtual currency kiosk that gives rise to a violation; and (2) the owner of the premises on which the virtual currency kiosk is located if the owner knowingly or intentionally permitted the violation. ## 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/124/2026/house/bills/HB1116/HB1116.05.ENRS.pdf) 2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1116/HB1116.04.COMS.pdf) 3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1116/HB1116.03.COMH.pdf) 4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1116/HB1116.01.INTR.pdf) ## Votes - HB 1116 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper - HB 1116 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **87–7** (pass) · lower - HB 1116 - McNamara — **94–1** (pass) · lower ## Sponsors - Scott Baldwin — primary (person) - Vaneta Becker — primary (person) - Wendy McNamara — primary (person) - Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person) - Jake Teshka — coauthor (person) - James Tomes — cosponsor (person) - Jennifer Meltzer — coauthor (person) - Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person) ## Timeline The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote. - **2026-01-05** Coauthored by Representatives Meltzer, Teshka, Steuerwald - **2026-01-05** Authored by Representative McNamara - **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2026-01-15** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2026-01-15** Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3 - **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2026-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 143: yeas 87, nays 7 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2026-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Baldwin, Becker - **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral` - **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions `reading-1, referral-committee` - **2026-02-09** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor - **2026-02-12** Senator Tomes added as cosponsor - **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage` - **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2` - **2026-02-18** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt` - **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 178: yeas 45, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3` - **2026-02-18** Motion to concur filed `filing` - **2026-02-19** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 296: yeas 94, nays 1 - **2026-02-23** Signed by the Speaker `passage` - **2026-02-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage` - **2026-03-02** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage` - **2026-03-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature` - **2026-03-09** Public Law 143 `became-law` ## Source OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0212e34-a2c9-4852-b92e-daa5585cd963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).