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Bill
Sale of utility trailers.
Amends the definition of "motor vehicle" for purposes of dealer services provisions governing unfair practices and the succession to franchise by designated family members. Amends the definition of "trailer" for certain instances. Specifies that the requirement that a dealer have an established place of business does not apply to a dealer selling trailers, unless the dealer is required to be licensed for any other purpose. Provides that a dealer selling trailers does not have to file certain information with the secretary of state.
us/states/in
Indiana General Assembly
2025
SB 73
Indiana SB 73 (2025)
TAXES; Estate and Inheritance Taxes
TRANSPORTATION; Dealers and Manufacturers
TRANSPORTATION; Landcraft
TRANSPORTATION; Mobile and Manufactured Homes
TRANSPORTATION; Recreational Vehicles (RVs)
enacted
Blake Doriot
Dan Dernulc
Jim Pressel
4
37
4
2025-01-08
2025-05-06
openstates
ocd-bill/1244ca2b-6aa4-4630-936a-8dc0617a1afe
https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0073
ea5f1962b8bbb7f1d0cd7c64fd2f78ca923c0b40fea458405e957961b01f05f3
2026-07-01
https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump
2026-07-06
reported
Indiana SB 73 (2025) — Sale of utility trailers.
Amends the definition of "motor vehicle" for purposes of dealer services provisions governing unfair practices and the succession to franchise by designated family members. Amends the definition of "trailer" for certain instances. Specifies that the requirement that a dealer have an established place of business does not apply to a dealer selling trailers, unless the dealer is required to be licensed for any other purpose. Provides that a dealer selling trailers does not have to file certain information with the secretary of state.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
SB 73 - Dernulc - 3rd Reading — 49– 0 (pass) · upper
SB 73 - Dernulc — 49– 0 (pass) · upper
SB 73 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — 75– 13 (pass) · lower
SB 73 - Pressel — 86– 0 (pass) · lower
Blake Doriot — primary (person)
Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
Jim Pressel — primary (person)
Alex Burton — cosponsor (person)
Harold Slager — cosponsor (person)
Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
2025-01-08 Authored by Senator Dernulc
2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation reading-1, referral-committee
2025-01-14 Senator Doriot added as coauthor
2025-01-28 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
2025-01-30 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
2025-02-03 Senator Doriot removed as coauthor
2025-02-03 Senator Doriot added as second author
2025-02-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 50: yeas 49, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
2025-02-03 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2025-02-03 House sponsor: Representative Pressel
2025-02-03 Cosponsor: Representative Slager
2025-02-04 Referred to the House referral
2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation reading-1, referral-committee
2025-03-31 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
2025-04-01 Representative Wesco added as cosponsor
2025-04-03 Amendment #1 (Moed) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
2025-04-03 Amendment #6 (Pressel) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
2025-04-03 Representative Burton added as cosponsor
2025-04-03 Amendment #8 (Judy) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
2025-04-03 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
2025-04-07 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 371: yeas 75, nays 13 passage, reading-3, reading-3
2025-04-08 Motion to dissent filed filing
2025-04-08 Senate dissented from House amendments
2025-04-08 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
2025-04-10 Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D., Doriot and Crider
2025-04-10 House conferees appointed: Pressel and Burton
2025-04-10 House advisors appointed: Slager, Wesco and Moed
2025-04-10 Senate conferees appointed: Dernulc and Spencer
2025-04-21 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
2025-04-21 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
2025-04-22 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 482: yeas 49, nays 0
2025-04-22 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 509: yeas 86, nays 0
2025-04-23 Signed by the Speaker passage
2025-04-23 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
2025-05-06 Public Law 185 became-law
2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01 ; origin ocd-bill/1244ca2b-6aa4-4630-936a-8dc0617a1afe. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).