republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1621.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Self-service storage facilities."
description: "Specifies that the term \"personal property\" includes trailers. Changes the time at which a self-service storage facility owner (owner) may: (1) begin enforcement of the owner's lien on a renter's stored personal property; and (2) sell or otherwise dispose of the renter's stored personal property. Provides that as an alternative to conducting a sale of a renter's stored personal property after the renter's default, an owner may cause the renter's personal property to be towed or removed from the self-service storage facility if the renter's stored personal property is a trailer. (Current law provides this alternative if the renter's stored personal property is a motor vehicle or watercraft.) Specifies that an owner may deny the renter access to the self-service storage facility, including the rented space, when enforcing a lien. Allows a renter to designate an alternative contact in a rental agreement to receive required notices."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1621"
citation: "Indiana HB 1621 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["STORAGE"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Gary Byrne", "Scott Alexander", "Zach Payne"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 19
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-04-20"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fdb46f61-2cfe-4269-86ee-701817c74039"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1621"
source_hash: "f034df929628a5ae522c1af8fc75afb1baf1f411599a8994f15978892892d355"
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 1621 (2023) — Self-service storage facilities.

Specifies that the term "personal property" includes trailers. Changes the time at which a self-service storage facility owner (owner) may: (1) begin enforcement of the owner's lien on a renter's stored personal property; and (2) sell or otherwise dispose of the renter's stored personal property. Provides that as an alternative to conducting a sale of a renter's stored personal property after the renter's default, an owner may cause the renter's personal property to be towed or removed from the self-service storage facility if the renter's stored personal property is a trailer. (Current law provides this alternative if the renter's stored personal property is a motor vehicle or watercraft.) Specifies that an owner may deny the renter access to the self-service storage facility, including the rented space, when enforcing a lien. Allows a renter to designate an alternative contact in a rental agreement to receive required notices.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1621/versions/HB1621.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1621/versions/HB1621.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1621/versions/HB1621.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1621/versions/HB1621.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1621 - Byrne - 3rd Reading — **40–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- Gary Byrne — primary (person)
- Scott Alexander — primary (person)
- Zach Payne — primary (person)
- Edward Clere — coauthor (person)
- Kyle Pierce — coauthor (person)
- Robert Morris — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Coauthored by Representatives Clere, Pierce K, Morris
- **2023-01-19** Authored by Representative Payne
- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-02-09** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-14** Senate sponsors: Senators Byrne and Zay
- **2023-02-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 137: yeas 62, nays 27 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-15** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-14** Senator Alexander added as third sponsor
- **2023-03-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 246: yeas 40, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-22** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2023-04-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-04-17** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-20** Public Law 93 `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/fdb46f61-2cfe-4269-86ee-701817c74039`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).