republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hb-1577.md

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Bill	Mobile retail food establishment licenses.	Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish: (1) a statewide mobile retail food establishment license (license); (2) standards for the licensure, inspection, and operation of a mobile retail food establishment; and (3) license fees and inspection fees. Requires the state department to establish a workgroup to collaborate with in implementing specified provisions. Beginning January 1, 2027, requires a local health department to: (1) receive applications for licenses; (2) collect annual license and inspection fees; (3) issue licenses; and (4) conduct semiannual inspections of a mobile retail food establishment that is issued a license. Provides that an owner or operator of a mobile retail food establishment issued a license is not required to obtain a county or local license or permit, nor required to pay a county or local inspection fee or a license or permit fee. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, a person may not operate a mobile retail food establishment in Indiana unless the person obtains a license. Requires the state department to adopt rules to implement these provisions. Repeals provisions of law governing mobile retail food establishment permits effective January 1, 2027.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HB 1577	Indiana HB 1577 (2025)	bill	AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH) HEALTH; Generally PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Generally	enacted	Joanna King Mike Bohacek Shelli Yoder Tyler Johnson	4	39	4	2025-01-21	2025-05-06	openstates	ocd-bill/62920783-d9f4-4627-8a17-fb3311c9a827	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1577	83980bb3dda5746e963f91bf6767cce768864896edf92cc80733ecc5c31346b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1577 (2025) — Mobile retail food establishment licenses.

Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish: (1) a statewide mobile retail food establishment license (license); (2) standards for the licensure, inspection, and operation of a mobile retail food establishment; and (3) license fees and inspection fees. Requires the state department to establish a workgroup to collaborate with in implementing specified provisions. Beginning January 1, 2027, requires a local health department to: (1) receive applications for licenses; (2) collect annual license and inspection fees; (3) issue licenses; and (4) conduct semiannual inspections of a mobile retail food establishment that is issued a license. Provides that an owner or operator of a mobile retail food establishment issued a license is not required to obtain a county or local license or permit, nor required to pay a county or local inspection fee or a license or permit fee. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, a person may not operate a mobile retail food establishment in Indiana unless the person obtains a license. Requires the state department to adopt rules to implement these provisions. Repeals provisions of law governing mobile retail food establishment permits effective January 1, 2027.

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 1577 - King — 88–2 (pass) · lower
• HB 1577 - King - 3rd Reading — 94–2 (pass) · lower
• HB 1577 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — 48–1 (pass) · upper
• HB 1577 - Johnson T — 50–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Joanna King — primary (person)
• Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
• Shelli Yoder — primary (person)
• Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
• Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
• La Keisha Jackson — cosponsor (person)
• Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
• Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
• Timothy O'Brien — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-21 Authored by Representative King
• 2025-01-21 Coauthored by Representative Shackleford
• 2025-01-21 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-28 Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
• 2025-01-28 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-01-30 Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
• 2025-01-30 Representative Shackleford removed as coauthor
• 2025-02-11 Representatives Shackleford and O'Brien added as coauthors
• 2025-02-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-02-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-02-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 197: yeas 94, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-02-18 Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson T
• 2025-02-19 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2025-03-13 Senator Jackson L added as cosponsor
• 2025-03-24 Senator Yoder added as third sponsor
• 2025-03-24 Senator Bohacek added as second sponsor
• 2025-03-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-04-01 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-03 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-04-07 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 349: yeas 48, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-04-07 Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
• 2025-04-08 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2025-04-08 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2025-04-08 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2025-04-10 Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Bohacek
• 2025-04-10 Senate conferees appointed: Johnson T and Yoder
• 2025-04-15 House conferees appointed: King and Shackleford
• 2025-04-15 House advisors appointed: Olthoff, O'Brien and Bauer
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2025-04-23 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2025-04-23 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 542: yeas 88, nays 2
• 2025-05-06 Public Law 235 became-law
• 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2025-04-24 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 518: yeas 50, nays 0
• 2025-04-24 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-04-24 Signed by the Speaker passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/62920783-d9f4-4627-8a17-fb3311c9a827. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).