republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1554.md

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Bill	Driving with suspended driving privileges.	Specifies that the penalty for a operating a motor vehicle while under a lifetime forfeiture of driving privileges is: (1) a Level 6 felony, if the forfeiture occurred before July 1, 2015; and (2) a Level 5 felony, if the forfeiture occurred after June 30, 2015.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1554	Indiana HB 1554 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV) AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC) CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities Damages and Penalties COURTS; Trial Courts CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Motor Vehicle Offenses (Excluding Traffic Violations) CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing LAW ENFORCEMENT; County Sheriffs' Departments LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally	enacted	Garrett Bascom Michael Crider	4	18	2	2025-01-21	2025-04-03	openstates	ocd-bill/10abef6d-044d-45ec-8c8a-b8833159616d	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1554	676e0f668cde67d9be2e0b2b962c9396d1fd00138f17e30a2a92d2a7d9643c95	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1554 (2025) — Driving with suspended driving privileges.

Specifies that the penalty for a operating a motor vehicle while under a lifetime forfeiture of driving privileges is: (1) a Level 6 felony, if the forfeiture occurred before July 1, 2015; and (2) a Level 5 felony, if the forfeiture occurred after June 30, 2015.

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 1554 - Bascom - 3rd Reading — 88–0 (pass) · lower
• HB 1554 - Crider - 3rd Reading — 44–1 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Garrett Bascom — primary (person)
• Michael Crider — primary (person)
• Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 Coauthored by Representative Zimmerman
• 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative Bascom
• 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-30 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-03 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-04 Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
• 2025-02-05 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-02-04 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 91: yeas 88, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-11 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 238: yeas 44, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-18 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2025-03-20 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-03-20 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-03-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-04-03 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-03 Public Law 36 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/10abef6d-044d-45ec-8c8a-b8833159616d. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).