republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1070.md

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Bill	Distracted driving.	Provides that, except in certain circumstances, a person may not hold or use a telecommunications device while operating a moving motor vehicle. Removes prohibitions on typing, transmitting, or reading a text message or an electronic mail message while operating a moving motor vehicle. Provides that the bureau may not assess points under the point system for a violation occurring before July 1, 2021.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1070	Indiana HB 1070 (2020)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES Traffic Rules and Regulations TELECOMMUNICATIONS Telephone Television Radio and Internet	enacted	Holli Sullivan Michael Crider Ronald Grooms	4	38	2	2020-01-13	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/43d9cd24-3e01-4f68-82f8-84054bfee578	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1070	b2cc5c5c00aa7135ccdd0c8af2e3d4668d0c9fb4785a5d11fbcbe9a4f46bbe77	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1070 (2020) — Distracted driving.

Provides that, except in certain circumstances, a person may not hold or use a telecommunications device while operating a moving motor vehicle. Removes prohibitions on typing, transmitting, or reading a text message or an electronic mail message while operating a moving motor vehicle. Provides that the bureau may not assess points under the point system for a violation occurring before July 1, 2021.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1070 - Crider - 3rd Reading — 43–4 (pass) · upper
• HB 1070 - Sullivan - 3rd Reading — 86–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Holli Sullivan — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Ronald Grooms — primary (person)
• David Niezgodski — cosponsor (person)
• Dennis Kruse — cosponsor (person)
• Donna Schaibley — coauthor (person)
• Frank Mrvan — cosponsor (person)
• J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
• Jon Ford — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Mara Candelaria Reardon — coauthor (person)
• Michael Karickhoff — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 Coauthored by Representative Pressel
• 2020-01-13 Authored by Representative Sullivan
• 2020-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-16 Representative Karickhoff added as coauthor
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Representative Schaibley added as coauthor
• 2020-01-29 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 128: yeas 86, nays 10 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-29 Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
• 2020-01-29 Rule 105.1 suspended
• 2020-01-29 Representative Candelaria Reardon added as coauthor
• 2020-01-30 Referred to the Senate
• 2020-02-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-10 Senator Grooms added as second sponsor
• 2020-02-11 Senators Mrvan and Ford J.D. added as cosponsors
• 2020-02-17 Senator Ford Jon added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-20 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-02-20 Senators Rogers and Niezgodski added as cosponsors
• 2020-02-24 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-02-24 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-25 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 43, nays 4 reading-3, passage
• 2020-02-25 Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
• 2020-02-26 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-04 Motion to dissent filed
• 2020-03-04 House dissented from Senate amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-04 House conferees appointed: Sullivan and Candelaria Reardon
• 2020-03-04 House advisors appointed: Morris, Pressel, Vermilion, Goodrich, Lauer, Chyung and Deal
• 2020-03-05 Senate conferees appointed: Crider and Niezgodski
• 2020-03-05 Senate advisors appointed: Grooms, Ford J.D., Ford Jon and Mrvan
• 2020-03-09 CCR # 1 filed in the House
• 2020-03-09 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
• 2020-03-10 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 341: yeas 81, nays 11
• 2020-03-10 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 354: yeas 49, nays 1
• 2020-03-11 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-30 Public Law 100

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/43d9cd24-3e01-4f68-82f8-84054bfee578. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).