republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1225.md

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Bill	Public safety.	Removes the requirement that school buses have black reflective tape affixed on the bumpers and sides of the bus. Provides that, in certain instances, a person who: (1) fails to yield to an emergency vehicle; and (2) causes serious bodily injury, catastrophic injury, or death to any person operating, occupying, or affiliated with the authorized emergency vehicle; commits a Level 6 felony. Provides that the offense of resisting law enforcement is a Level 6 felony if, while committing the offense of resisting law enforcement by forcibly resisting, obstructing, or interfering with a law enforcement officer, the person: (1) creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to the person or another person; and (2) has two or more prior unrelated convictions for resisting law enforcement. Provides that the offense of resisting law enforcement is a Level 6 felony if, while committing the offense of resisting law enforcement by fleeing from a law enforcement officer, the person has two or more prior unrelated convictions for resisting law enforcement. Makes conforming amendments.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1225	Indiana HB 1225 (2020)	bill	MOTOR VEHICLES Traffic Violations and Penalties SCHOOLS Buses CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally	enacted	Mark Messmer Vaneta Becker Wendy McNamara	5	22	2	2020-01-13	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/d21f87ad-d146-4ab5-aba4-057af0331836	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1225	7695c6932a67824394c59b065101457d8b3cb44b43483ed68de078b72840772b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1225 (2020) — Public safety.

Removes the requirement that school buses have black reflective tape affixed on the bumpers and sides of the bus. Provides that, in certain instances, a person who: (1) fails to yield to an emergency vehicle; and (2) causes serious bodily injury, catastrophic injury, or death to any person operating, occupying, or affiliated with the authorized emergency vehicle; commits a Level 6 felony. Provides that the offense of resisting law enforcement is a Level 6 felony if, while committing the offense of resisting law enforcement by forcibly resisting, obstructing, or interfering with a law enforcement officer, the person: (1) creates a substantial risk of bodily injury to the person or another person; and (2) has two or more prior unrelated convictions for resisting law enforcement. Provides that the offense of resisting law enforcement is a Level 6 felony if, while committing the offense of resisting law enforcement by fleeing from a law enforcement officer, the person has two or more prior unrelated convictions for resisting law enforcement. Makes conforming amendments.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• HB 1225 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — 50–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1225 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 85–10 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Mark Messmer — primary (person)
• Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
• Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Michael Crider — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-13 Authored by Representative McNamara
• 2020-01-13 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Amendment #2 (DeLaney) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage, amendment-failure
• 2020-01-27 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-29 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 130: yeas 85, nays 10 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-29 Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer and Becker
• 2020-01-30 Referred to the Senate
• 2020-02-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Senator Crider added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-02 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 301: yeas 50, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-04 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-04 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 322: yeas 70, nays 15 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-10 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 116

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d21f87ad-d146-4ab5-aba4-057af0331836. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).