republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1150.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Overweight divisible loads."
description: "Provides that a person who transports a vehicle or combination of vehicles with an overweight divisible load is subject to overweight divisible load permitting. Removes certain requirements regarding transportation of commodities. Provides that the department of transportation may not issue a permit for an overweight divisible load if the owner or operator of the vehicle has not provided the department of state revenue with full payment for the permit prior to transporting the overweight divisible load. Provides that the department of state revenue shall determine the extent of civil penalties for overweight divisible loads under certain conditions. Provides that the civil penalty for each permitting violation for transporting overweight divisible loads is not more than $10,000 for each violation. Provides criminal or civil defenses in certain circumstances. Permits the department to determine at an administrative hearing whether a civil penalty should be assessed or reduced pursuant to a defense. Provides that the department of state revenue may not assess a penalty on a citation for an oversize load after more than one year has passed from the date the person receives the citation. Provides that the costs for storage of an abandoned vehicle with a length of at least 30 feet may not exceed $2,500. Makes technical corrections. Makes conforming changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1150"
citation: "Indiana HB 1150 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "Penalties", "MOTOR VEHICLES generally", "REVENUE", "DEPARTMENT OF"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "J.D. Prescott", "Jeff Raatz"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 23
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-07"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/65fc84ee-6261-4e06-b041-1ec61852f9be"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1150"
source_hash: "af5d262bd6b971f5727fdb0192557953576bbebaf7cc3b9c1f2b27b1bb3743d0"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1150 (2021) — Overweight divisible loads.

Provides that a person who transports a vehicle or combination of vehicles with an overweight divisible load is subject to overweight divisible load permitting. Removes certain requirements regarding transportation of commodities. Provides that the department of transportation may not issue a permit for an overweight divisible load if the owner or operator of the vehicle has not provided the department of state revenue with full payment for the permit prior to transporting the overweight divisible load. Provides that the department of state revenue shall determine the extent of civil penalties for overweight divisible loads under certain conditions. Provides that the civil penalty for each permitting violation for transporting overweight divisible loads is not more than $10,000 for each violation. Provides criminal or civil defenses in certain circumstances. Permits the department to determine at an administrative hearing whether a civil penalty should be assessed or reduced pursuant to a defense. Provides that the department of state revenue may not assess a penalty on a citation for an oversize load after more than one year has passed from the date the person receives the citation. Provides that the costs for storage of an abandoned vehicle with a length of at least 30 feet may not exceed $2,500. Makes technical corrections. Makes conforming changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1150/versions/HB1150.03.ENGH)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1150/versions/HB1150.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1150/versions/HB1150.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1150/versions/HB1150.04.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1150/versions/HB1150.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1150 - Garten - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- J.D. Prescott — primary (person)
- Jeff Raatz — primary (person)
- Jean Leising — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- John Young — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-07** Coauthored by Representatives Bartels and Pressel
- **2021-01-07** Authored by Representative Prescott
- **2021-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Amendment #1 (Prescott) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2021-02-01** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-01** Representative Young J added as coauthor
- **2021-02-02** Senate sponsors: Senators Garten and Raatz
- **2021-02-02** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 41: yeas 91, nays 2 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-03** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-22** Senator Leising added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 242: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-23** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-03-25** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-08** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 382: yeas 88, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-26** Public Law 127
- **2021-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/65fc84ee-6261-4e06-b041-1ec61852f9be`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).