republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1039.md

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Bill	Military award license plates.	Provides that the surviving spouse of a Purple Heart recipient may retain the Purple Heart specialty license plate as long as the surviving spouse does not remarry. Specifies that the surviving spouse is not eligible to receive a modified disability registration plate. Establishes the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal specialty license plate.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1039	Indiana HB 1039 (2021)	bill	MILITARY FORCES MOTOR VEHICLES License Plates Registrations and Titles VETERANS	enacted	Andy Zay Chris Garten Chris Judy Justin Busch	5	18	1	2021-01-04	2021-04-08	openstates	ocd-bill/71c94e58-22b8-4777-bff5-d4b52fbc5d2d	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1039	d5fa97e74f83fcedb6ac0f685bc1d326bac3fe483c2bbd467dde6b0fa401aae6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1039 (2021) — Military award license plates.

Provides that the surviving spouse of a Purple Heart recipient may retain the Purple Heart specialty license plate as long as the surviving spouse does not remarry. Specifies that the surviving spouse is not eligible to receive a modified disability registration plate. Establishes the Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal specialty license plate.

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 (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1039 - Judy - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Andy Zay — primary (person)
• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Chris Judy — primary (person)
• Justin Busch — primary (person)
• David Abbott — coauthor (person)
• Randall Frye — coauthor (person)
• Robert Morris — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-04 Coauthored by Representatives Abbott, Frye R, Morris
• 2021-01-04 Authored by Representative Judy
• 2021-01-04 First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-28 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-02-02 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 58: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-04 Senate sponsors: Senators Zay, Busch, Garten
• 2021-02-05 Referred to the Senate
• 2021-02-18 First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-02 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-04 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-08 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 210: yeas 48, nays 1 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-09 Returned to the House without amendments
• 2021-03-11 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-03-15 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-07 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-08 Public Law 29
• 2021-04-08 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/71c94e58-22b8-4777-bff5-d4b52fbc5d2d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).