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type: "Bill"
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title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law."
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description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2017"
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identifier: "SB 479"
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citation: "Indiana SB 479 (2017)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["MOTOR VEHICLES", "Traffic Violations and Penalties", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Sentencing"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "John Young", "Joseph Zakas"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2017-01-12"
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last_action: "2017-04-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6d71be22-89e7-4ba6-a921-3c6211d80f17"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/senate/479"
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source_hash: "6aa993bcb229cb50fbe274a6173cfad12a52e67cf2cee360a55f539602366c98"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 479 (2017) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0479/versions/sb0479.03.engs)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0479/versions/sb0479.05.enrh)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0479/versions/sb0479.01.intr)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0479/versions/sb0479.02.coms)
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5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2017/bills/sb0479/versions/sb0479.04.comh)
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## Votes
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- SB 479 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **45–5** (pass) · legislature
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- SB 479 - Young J - 3rd Reading — **98–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- John Young — primary (person)
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- Joseph Zakas — primary (person)
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- Chris May — cosponsor (person)
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- Gregory Steuerwald — cosponsor (person)
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- Thomas Washburne — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2017-01-12** Authored by Senator Koch
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- **2017-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-02-23** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-02-27** Amendment #1 (Koch) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2017-02-27** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-02-27** Senator Zakas added as second author
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- **2017-02-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 238: yeas 45, nays 5 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-02-28** House sponsor: Representative Washburne
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- **2017-02-28** Cosponsors: Representatives Steuerwald and May
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- **2017-03-01** Referred to the House
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- **2017-03-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2017-03-27** Representative Washburne removed as sponsor
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- **2017-03-27** Representative Young J added as sponsor
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- **2017-03-27** Representative Washburne added as cosponsor
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- **2017-03-30** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2017-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2017-04-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 384: yeas 98, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2017-04-05** Returned to the Senate without amendments
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- **2017-04-10** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2017-04-19** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2017-04-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2017-04-21** Public Law 123
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- **2017-04-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6d71be22-89e7-4ba6-a921-3c6211d80f17`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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