republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1049.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Transportation matters."
description: "Provides that the department of transportation (department) may accept a proposal and award a contract for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of a road if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is less than $3,000,000. (Current law says if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is less than $1,000,000.) Provides that the department may accept a proposal and award a contract for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of a road if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is one of three or more bids received by the department for the contract. (Current law says if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is one of four or more bids received by the department for the contract.) Authorizes the department to use construction manager general contractor and progressive design-build delivery methods for certain projects. Defines a \"bicycle traffic control signal\". Provides that a person may cautiously enter an intersection and make a left turn if turning from the left lane or a designated left-turn lane of a one-way street into another one-way street with the flow of traffic. Provides for the requirements and explanations of colors for bicycle traffic control signals exhibiting colored lights. Urges the legislative council to assign certain topics to an existing study committee. Makes conforming and technical changes."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1049"
citation: "Indiana HB 1049 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["BICYCLES; MOTORIZED BICYCLES; MOPEDS", "CONSTRUCTION", "HIGHWAYS AND ROADS", "State Highways; Toll Roads", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Traffic Rules and Regulations", "TRANSPORTATION", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Jim Pressel", "Michael Crider"]
version_count: 5
action_count: 21
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-09"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/02a20126-b9db-4433-afe5-31a518a7aa69"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1049"
source_hash: "31d7714918c1338eebc231faff4837dae432a00ba6e76ba009b247ab47bf188c"
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 1049 (2023) — Transportation matters.

Provides that the department of transportation (department) may accept a proposal and award a contract for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of a road if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is less than $3,000,000. (Current law says if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is less than $1,000,000.) Provides that the department may accept a proposal and award a contract for the construction, improvement, or maintenance of a road if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is one of three or more bids received by the department for the contract. (Current law says if the lowest responsive and qualified bid is one of four or more bids received by the department for the contract.) Authorizes the department to use construction manager general contractor and progressive design-build delivery methods for certain projects. Defines a "bicycle traffic control signal". Provides that a person may cautiously enter an intersection and make a left turn if turning from the left lane or a designated left-turn lane of a one-way street into another one-way street with the flow of traffic. Provides for the requirements and explanations of colors for bicycle traffic control signals exhibiting colored lights. Urges the legislative council to assign certain topics to an existing study committee. Makes conforming and technical changes.

## Version chain

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

1. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1049/versions/HB1049.04.ENGS)
2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1049/versions/HB1049.05.ENRS)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1049/versions/HB1049.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1049/versions/HB1049.03.COMS)
5. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1049/versions/HB1049.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1049 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **91–4** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-09** Authored by Representative Pressel
- **2023-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-31** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-06** Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
- **2023-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 70: yeas 91, nays 4 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-16** Senator Doriot added as second sponsor
- **2023-03-20** Amendment #1 (Hunley) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 237: yeas 42, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-30** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-06** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 371: yeas 88, nays 0
- **2023-04-11** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-13** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-18** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Public Law 60 `became-law`
- **2023-04-20** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/02a20126-b9db-4433-afe5-31a518a7aa69`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).