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Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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type: "Bill"
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title: "Motor vehicle crash investigations."
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description: "Changes the property damage requirement to $2,500 (current law is $1,000) for certain failures to provide evidence of financial responsibility following a motor vehicle accident. Changes the apparent damage requirement for a law enforcement officer to investigate motor vehicle accidents involving property damage to $2,500 (current law is $1,000). Provides that a law enforcement officer shall assist operators with the requirements of IC 9-26-1-1.1 under certain circumstances. Adds certain infractions and offenses to the list of violations enforceable by weigh station supervisors or operators."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 156"
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citation: "Indiana SB 156 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["LAW ENFORCEMENT generally", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Accidents and Vehicle Insurance", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Bureau of Motor Vehicles", "License Branches", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Drivers' Licenses"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Jim Pressel", "Michael Crider"]
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version_count: 5
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action_count: 22
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-06"
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last_action: "2022-03-11"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f7ad4834-9739-47b3-9513-c7e4209e6acf"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/156"
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source_hash: "9360457fe1225ef999549a7f1d27ee4a252818f4490422a3bf4051b0300289e4"
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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 156 (2022) — Motor vehicle crash investigations.
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Changes the property damage requirement to $2,500 (current law is $1,000) for certain failures to provide evidence of financial responsibility following a motor vehicle accident. Changes the apparent damage requirement for a law enforcement officer to investigate motor vehicle accidents involving property damage to $2,500 (current law is $1,000). Provides that a law enforcement officer shall assist operators with the requirements of IC 9-26-1-1.1 under certain circumstances. Adds certain infractions and offenses to the list of violations enforceable by weigh station supervisors or operators.
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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](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.03.ENGS)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.05.ENRH)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.01.INTR)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.04.COMH)
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5. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0156/versions/SB0156.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 156 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
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- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
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- Michael Crider — primary (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-06** Authored by Senator Crider
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- **2022-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-13** Senator Doriot added as second author
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- **2022-01-24** Placed back on second reading `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-27** Amendment #1 (Gaskill) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Amendment #2 (Crider) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2022-01-27** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-01** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 110: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-01** House sponsor: Representative Pressel
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- **2022-02-02** Referred to the House
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- **2022-02-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate without amendments
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-11** Public Law 88
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- **2022-03-11** Signed by the President of the Senate
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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/f7ad4834-9739-47b3-9513-c7e4209e6acf`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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