republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/sb-167.md

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Bill	Theft and sale of catalytic converters and valuable metals.	Provides that the theft of a component part of a motor vehicle, including a catalytic converter, is a Level 6 felony. Expands qualifying prior convictions for Level 6 felony theft to include robbery and burglary. Provides that a valuable metal dealer who: (1) knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with certain statutes regulating the purchase of a valuable metal; and (2) purchases a stolen valuable metal; commits a Level 6 felony.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	SB 167	Indiana SB 167 (2021)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES Offenses Against Property MOTOR VEHICLES Equipment and Parts; Repair	enacted	Aaron Freeman Jack Sandlin John Young	5	28	1	2021-01-05	2021-04-19	openstates	ocd-bill/714c5450-30ec-4d0d-be46-f0849c3cabf5	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/senate/167	a00859a0c08f97557e631bec0bc4a3230555ffff945ffb48c5089b043c16c33e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 167 (2021) — Theft and sale of catalytic converters and valuable metals.

Provides that the theft of a component part of a motor vehicle, including a catalytic converter, is a Level 6 felony. Expands qualifying prior convictions for Level 6 felony theft to include robbery and burglary. Provides that a valuable metal dealer who: (1) knowingly or intentionally fails to comply with certain statutes regulating the purchase of a valuable metal; and (2) purchases a stolen valuable metal; commits a Level 6 felony.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

• SB 167 - Young J - 3rd Reading — 98–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Jack Sandlin — primary (person)
• John Young — primary (person)
• Andy Zay — coauthor (person)
• Chris Garten — coauthor (person)
• David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
• Justin Moed — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Davis — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
• Mitch Gore — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2021-01-05 Authored by Senator Sandlin
• 2021-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-01-14 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-01-14 Senator Zay added as coauthor
• 2021-01-28 Senator Freeman added as second author
• 2021-01-28 Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
• 2021-01-28 Senator Niezgodski added as coauthor
• 2021-02-01 Amendment #2 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote amendment-failure, amendment-passage
• 2021-02-01 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-02-02 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 45: yeas 44, nays 3 passage, reading-3
• 2021-02-02 House sponsor: Representative Young J
• 2021-02-02 Cosponsor: Representative Davis M
• 2021-02-02 Senator Garten added as coauthor
• 2021-02-03 Referred to the House
• 2021-03-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2021-03-11 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2021-03-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2021-03-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 268: yeas 98, nays 0 passage, reading-3
• 2021-03-16 Representative Moed added as cosponsor
• 2021-03-16 Representative Gore M added as cosponsor
• 2021-03-17 Returned to the Senate with amendments amendment-failure
• 2021-03-29 Motion to concur filed
• 2021-04-01 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 312: yeas 46, nays 2 amendment-failure
• 2021-04-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2021-04-13 Signed by the Speaker
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2021-04-19 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2021-04-19 Public Law 70

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/714c5450-30ec-4d0d-be46-f0849c3cabf5. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).