republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2022/hb-1167.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Bureau of motor vehicles."
description: "Allows an advanced practice registered nurse to sign certain health documents concerning driving privileges. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) to establish and maintain an audit working group. Provides that meetings of the audit working group are not subject to open door laws. Provides that the bureau, rather than the state board of accounts, is required to conduct an audit of each license branch. Amends certain dates regarding the statewide electronic lien and title system (system). Removes system provisions concerning qualified service provider payments, participation notification, and annual fees. Provides that the bureau and participating qualified service providers or lienholders may charge certain system fees, but sunsets the provisions on July 1, 2025. mends dates concerning the voluntary or required use of the system. Requires the bureau to distribute at least one time each month the fees collected and deposited from certain special group recognition license plates. Repeals the law providing for the Earlham College trust license plate. Provides that interference with highway traffic is considered unreasonable if the interference occurs for more than 10 consecutive minutes except for: (1) machinery or equipment used in highway construction or maintenance by the Indiana department of transportation, counties, or municipalities; and (2) firefighting apparatus owned or operated by a political subdivision or a volunteer fire department. Provides that a public agency or towing service that obtains the name and address of the owner of or lienholder on a vehicle shall, not later than three business days after obtaining the name and address, notify the owner of the vehicle and any lienholder on the vehicle, as indicated by the certificate of title or as discovered by a search of the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System or an equivalent and commonly available data base. Requires the bureau to process an electronic application for a certificate of authority not more than five business days after the submission of the application if the application meets certain requirements. Provides that an individual is not required to be a citizen of the United States as shown in the records of the bureau to apply for a replacement driver's license or learner's permit by electronic service. Provides that a suspension for failure to satisfy a judgment imposed before December 31, 2021 terminates on December 31, 2024. Removes the requirement that the bureau collect an administrative penalty if a dealer fails to apply for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle that is purchased or acquired in a state that does not have a certificate of title law. Provides that a manufacturer or distributor may not sell or offer to sell, directly or indirectly, a new motor vehicle to the general public in Indiana except through a new motor vehicle dealer holding a franchise for the line make covering the new motor vehicle. Provides that the sales of new motor vehicles by a manufacturer or franchisor to the federal government, a charitable organization, an employee of the manufacturer or distributor, or a manufacturer or distributor under certain conditions. Provides that an individual subject to both an administrative license suspension and a court ordered license suspension must file a petition for specialized driving privileges in the court that ordered the suspension. Repeals a statute requiring the use of a turn signal 200 feet before making a turn. Makes technical corrections."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2022"
identifier: "HB 1167"
citation: "Indiana HB 1167 (2022)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HIGHWAYS AND ROADS", "State Highways; Toll Roads", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Bureau of Motor Vehicles", "License Branches", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Drivers' Licenses", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "License Plates", "Registrations", "and Titles", "NURSES AND NURSING", "OPEN DOOR LAW"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Jim Pressel", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 7
action_count: 24
vote_count: 0
first_action: "2022-01-06"
last_action: "2022-03-14"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4c043176-2980-4b0d-ad3c-8802228a8a1f"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/house/1167"
source_hash: "5e657014b73d9e8f78872568cec6917954ea321dd06ca0ef6a264ecd5cf7ccaa"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1167 (2022) — Bureau of motor vehicles.

Allows an advanced practice registered nurse to sign certain health documents concerning driving privileges. Requires the bureau of motor vehicles (bureau) to establish and maintain an audit working group. Provides that meetings of the audit working group are not subject to open door laws. Provides that the bureau, rather than the state board of accounts, is required to conduct an audit of each license branch. Amends certain dates regarding the statewide electronic lien and title system (system). Removes system provisions concerning qualified service provider payments, participation notification, and annual fees. Provides that the bureau and participating qualified service providers or lienholders may charge certain system fees, but sunsets the provisions on July 1, 2025. mends dates concerning the voluntary or required use of the system. Requires the bureau to distribute at least one time each month the fees collected and deposited from certain special group recognition license plates. Repeals the law providing for the Earlham College trust license plate. Provides that interference with highway traffic is considered unreasonable if the interference occurs for more than 10 consecutive minutes except for: (1) machinery or equipment used in highway construction or maintenance by the Indiana department of transportation, counties, or municipalities; and (2) firefighting apparatus owned or operated by a political subdivision or a volunteer fire department. Provides that a public agency or towing service that obtains the name and address of the owner of or lienholder on a vehicle shall, not later than three business days after obtaining the name and address, notify the owner of the vehicle and any lienholder on the vehicle, as indicated by the certificate of title or as discovered by a search of the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System or an equivalent and commonly available data base. Requires the bureau to process an electronic application for a certificate of authority not more than five business days after the submission of the application if the application meets certain requirements. Provides that an individual is not required to be a citizen of the United States as shown in the records of the bureau to apply for a replacement driver's license or learner's permit by electronic service. Provides that a suspension for failure to satisfy a judgment imposed before December 31, 2021 terminates on December 31, 2024. Removes the requirement that the bureau collect an administrative penalty if a dealer fails to apply for a certificate of title for a motor vehicle that is purchased or acquired in a state that does not have a certificate of title law. Provides that a manufacturer or distributor may not sell or offer to sell, directly or indirectly, a new motor vehicle to the general public in Indiana except through a new motor vehicle dealer holding a franchise for the line make covering the new motor vehicle. Provides that the sales of new motor vehicles by a manufacturer or franchisor to the federal government, a charitable organization, an employee of the manufacturer or distributor, or a manufacturer or distributor under certain conditions. Provides that an individual subject to both an administrative license suspension and a court ordered license suspension must file a petition for specialized driving privileges in the court that ordered the suspension. Repeals a statute requiring the use of a turn signal 200 feet before making a turn. Makes technical corrections.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1167/versions/HB1167.03.ENGH)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1167/versions/HB1167.06.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1167/versions/HB1167.07.ENRS)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1167/versions/HB1167.02.COMH)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1167/versions/HB1167.04.COMS)
6. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1167/versions/HB1167.05.COMS)
7. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/HB1167/versions/HB1167.01.INTR)

## Sponsors

- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Thomas Saunders — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-06** Coauthored by Representative Saunders
- **2022-01-06** Authored by Representative Pressel
- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Amendment #11 (Pressel) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Amendment #10 (Austin) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-01-24** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-01-25** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 99: yeas 81, nays 9 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-01-25** Senate sponsors: Senators Crider and Garten
- **2022-01-26** Referred to the Senate
- **2022-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-15** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2022-02-24** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
- **2022-02-28** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2022-03-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 291: yeas 44, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2022-03-02** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-03** Motion to concur filed
- **2022-03-07** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 342: yeas 69, nays 2 `amendment-failure`
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the Speaker
- **2022-03-09** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2022-03-14** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2022-03-14** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2022-03-14** Public Law 118

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4c043176-2980-4b0d-ad3c-8802228a8a1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).