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type: "Bill"
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title: "Amended registration."
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description: "Provides that if a person changes the exterior color or appearance of their passenger vehicle from the color listed in the vehicle's registration through certain methods, the person must apply to amend their vehicle registration, and that a law enforcement officer shall issue a warning to a person who does not update the person's registration to reflect the color changes. Provides that a person commits a Class C misdemeanor if the person changes the color of a passenger vehicle after it was used in the commission of a crime and fails to amend the vehicle registration. Requires the BMV to require a person renewing a registration to indicate if the vehicle's color has changed."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "SB 331"
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citation: "Indiana SB 331 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV)", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Motor Vehicle Offenses (Excluding Traffic Violations)", "TRANSPORTATION; Equipment", "Parts", "and Repairs", "TRANSPORTATION; Landcraft", "TRANSPORTATION; Licenses", "Plates", "Registration", "and Titles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Ed Charbonneau", "Julie Olthoff", "Mark Spencer", "Mike Bohacek"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 42
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-13"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/57635d66-7ae6-4d23-89b2-877071c61f60"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0331"
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source_hash: "0a3269d3e554ca8551372173f09d905119070baa43d07e5404f0abd3fa66034e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 331 (2025) — Amended registration.
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Provides that if a person changes the exterior color or appearance of their passenger vehicle from the color listed in the vehicle's registration through certain methods, the person must apply to amend their vehicle registration, and that a law enforcement officer shall issue a warning to a person who does not update the person's registration to reflect the color changes. Provides that a person commits a Class C misdemeanor if the person changes the color of a passenger vehicle after it was used in the commission of a crime and fails to amend the vehicle registration. Requires the BMV to require a person renewing a registration to indicate if the vehicle's color has changed.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0331/SB0331.05.ENGH.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0331/SB0331.06.ENRH.pdf)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0331/SB0331.01.INTR.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0331/SB0331.04.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 331 - Spencer - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 331 - Olthoff — **73–17** (pass) · lower
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- SB 331 - Olthoff - 3rd Reading — **72–22** (pass) · lower
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- SB 331 - Charbonneau — **45–2** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Ed Charbonneau — primary (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — primary (person)
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- Mark Spencer — primary (person)
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- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
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- Andrea Hunley — coauthor (person)
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- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
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- Brett Clark — coauthor (person)
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- Dan Dernulc — coauthor (person)
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- Daryl Schmitt — coauthor (person)
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- David Niezgodski — coauthor (person)
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- Earl Harris — cosponsor (person)
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- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
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- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
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- Greg Walker — coauthor (person)
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- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
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- James Buck — coauthor (person)
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- Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
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- La Keisha Jackson — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Michael Young — coauthor (person)
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- Mike Andrade — cosponsor (person)
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- Mike Aylesworth — cosponsor (person)
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- Randy Maxwell — coauthor (person)
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- Rick Niemeyer — coauthor (person)
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- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
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- Stacey Donato — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-13** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-13** Authored by Senator Spencer
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- **2025-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-13** Senator Bohacek added as third author
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- **2025-02-13** Senator Charbonneau added as second author
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- **2025-02-17** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-17** Senator Clark added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-17** Senators Donato, Doriot, Buck, Maxwell, Walker K, Young M, Niemeyer, Walker G, Dernulc added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** House sponsor: Representative Olthoff
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- **2025-02-18** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-18** Cosponsor: Representative Harris
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- **2025-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 154: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Senators Hunley, Yoder, Pol, Taylor G, Qaddoura, Jackson L, Niezgodski, Schmitt added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Representative Andrade added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-17** Representative Aylesworth added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-31** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-07** Third reading: call withdrawn `reading-3, withdrawal`
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- **2025-04-08** Placed back on second reading
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- **2025-04-22** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-10** Amendment #4 (Olthoff) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-10** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 442: yeas 72, nays 22 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-15** Senate dissented from House amendments
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- **2025-04-15** House advisors appointed: Pressel, Aylesworth and Andrade
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- **2025-04-15** House conferees appointed: Olthoff and Harris
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- **2025-04-15** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-15** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-17** Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Bohacek
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- **2025-04-17** Senate conferees appointed: Charbonneau and Spencer
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- **2025-04-22** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 519: yeas 73, nays 17
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- **2025-04-22** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 490: yeas 45, nays 2
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 198 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/57635d66-7ae6-4d23-89b2-877071c61f60`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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