republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1204.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Enforcement of weight limits for overweight loads."
description: "Defines \"aggregate\". Provides that a penalty for transporting a load in excess of the registered limit of the load for the transporting vehicle does not apply to a vehicle or combination of vehicles that transports aggregate if the weight of the vehicle with load does not exceed the gross weight limit and the axle weight limit by more than 10%. Provides for when the department of state revenue (department) may assess a civil penalty for a vehicle or load that is in excess of the legal weight or dimensional limits. Provides for the penalties the department may charge for a violation. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying civil penalty assessments and the enforcement of overweight loads as it pertains to the impact on state infrastructure."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1204"
citation: "Indiana HB 1204 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL ACTIONS", "Penalties", "HIGHWAYS AND ROADS", "Local Streets and Roads", "MOTOR VEHICLES", "Size and Weight Limits", "STUDY COMMITTEES", "TRANSPORTATION", "Department of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Mark Messmer", "Michael Crider", "Michael Karickhoff"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 27
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-10"
last_action: "2023-05-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/3787c13b-eab2-4fad-a3c0-95cc56bd143b"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1204"
source_hash: "61eba8db4f940a75d092fc0d639cf9b1f4e941aae74caedc7f53d88b5ba1d6fa"
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 1204 (2023) — Enforcement of weight limits for overweight loads.

Defines "aggregate". Provides that a penalty for transporting a load in excess of the registered limit of the load for the transporting vehicle does not apply to a vehicle or combination of vehicles that transports aggregate if the weight of the vehicle with load does not exceed the gross weight limit and the axle weight limit by more than 10%. Provides for when the department of state revenue (department) may assess a civil penalty for a vehicle or load that is in excess of the legal weight or dimensional limits. Provides for the penalties the department may charge for a violation. Urges the legislative council to assign to the appropriate interim study committee the task of studying civil penalty assessments and the enforcement of overweight loads as it pertains to the impact on state infrastructure.

## 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/HB1204/versions/HB1204.05.ENGS)
2. **Engrossed House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1204/versions/HB1204.04.ENGS)
3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1204/versions/HB1204.06.ENRS)
4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1204/versions/HB1204.02.COMH)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1204/versions/HB1204.03.COMS)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1204/versions/HB1204.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1204 - Karickhoff - 3rd Reading — **97–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Chris Garten — primary (person)
- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Michael Karickhoff — primary (person)
- Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)
- Gary Byrne — cosponsor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Pressel — coauthor (person)
- Randall Frye — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-10** Authored by Representative Karickhoff
- **2023-01-10** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Representatives Pressel and Manning added as coauthors
- **2023-02-07** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-07** Representative Frye added as coauthor
- **2023-02-09** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-13** Senate sponsors: Senators Messmer and Crider
- **2023-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 104: yeas 97, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-14** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-13** Senator Garten added as third sponsor
- **2023-04-04** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-04-04** Senators Buck and Byrne added as cosponsors
- **2023-04-06** Amendment #1 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-06** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-10** Placed back on second reading
- **2023-04-11** Amendment #2 (Messmer) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
- **2023-04-11** Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-04-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 384: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-04-14** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-18** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2023-04-18** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 443: yeas 89, nays 1
- **2023-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-25** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-05-01** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-05-01** Public Law 130 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/3787c13b-eab2-4fad-a3c0-95cc56bd143b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).