republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2017/hb-1511.md

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Bill	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2017	HB 1511	Indiana HB 1511 (2017)	bill	ABANDONED OR UNCLAIMED PROPERTY LIENS AND ENCUMBRANCES MOTOR VEHICLES generally	enacted	Jon Ford Mark Messmer Mike Braun	5	26	2	2017-01-18	2017-04-24	openstates	ocd-bill/131e182b-97af-4b3e-8d27-f765ef541243	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1511	a751958b9f8c2210ca4b5ca9fcc557a5d2719d52d7e6b5eac8bebe2fcc61e403	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1511 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Engrossed House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1511 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — 49–0 (pass) · legislature
• HB 1511 - Braun - 3rd Reading — 91–0 (pass) · legislature

Sponsors

• Jon Ford — primary (person)
• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Mike Braun — primary (person)
• Chris May — coauthor (person)
• Greg Taylor — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Terry Goodin — coauthor (person)
• Timothy Brown — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2017-01-18 Coauthored by Representatives Brown T and Goodin
• 2017-01-18 Authored by Representative Braun
• 2017-01-18 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-01-26 Representative May added as coauthor
• 2017-02-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-02-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-02-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 223: yeas 91, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-02-23 Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer and Ford
• 2017-02-24 Referred to the Senate
• 2017-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Civil Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2017-03-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2017-03-27 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-27 Senator Taylor G added as cosponsor
• 2017-03-28 Amendment #4 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-03-28 Amendment #5 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-03-28 Amendment #3 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2017-03-28 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2017-03-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 330: yeas 49, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2017-03-31 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2017-04-11 Motion to concur filed
• 2017-04-11 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 468: yeas 89, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2017-04-19 Signed by the Speaker
• 2017-04-20 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2017-04-24 Public Law 157
• 2017-04-24 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2017-04-24 Signed by the President of the Senate

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/131e182b-97af-4b3e-8d27-f765ef541243. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).