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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: "Driving without a license."
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description: "Adds the following criminal offenses for an individual who knowingly or intentionally operates a motor vehicle on a highway and has never received a valid driver's license: (1) A Class A misdemeanor if the operation of the motor vehicle results in bodily injury. (2) A Level 6 felony if the operation of the motor vehicle results in serious bodily injury. (3) A Level 5 felony if the operation of the motor vehicle results in the death or catastrophic injury of another person. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to: (1) apply for a driver's license or permit with the intent to transfer the license or permit to an individual not entitled to the license or permit; or (2) register or apply for a certificate of title to a motor vehicle with the intent to permit an individual not entitled to a driver's license or permit to operate the vehicle. Increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony if the offense involves at least two individuals or motor vehicles, or if the person uses a business organization or nonprofit organization to commit the offense."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1114"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1114 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV)", "AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC)", "CORRECTIONS; Adult Inmates and Facilities", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally", "TRANSPORTATION; Licenses", "Plates", "Registration", "and Titles"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Alex Zimmerman", "Cyndi Carrasco", "Eric Koch"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-04-30"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ad40fab2-d365-436a-8196-659d14414f5f"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1114"
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source_hash: "3346fb1e7bf4fd934b1dcc85ab17ee67b6694851aefac45a5fdd078dfbbdc79a"
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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 HB 1114 (2025) — Driving without a license.
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Adds the following criminal offenses for an individual who knowingly or intentionally operates a motor vehicle on a highway and has never received a valid driver's license: (1) A Class A misdemeanor if the operation of the motor vehicle results in bodily injury. (2) A Level 6 felony if the operation of the motor vehicle results in serious bodily injury. (3) A Level 5 felony if the operation of the motor vehicle results in the death or catastrophic injury of another person. Makes it a Class A misdemeanor to: (1) apply for a driver's license or permit with the intent to transfer the license or permit to an individual not entitled to the license or permit; or (2) register or apply for a certificate of title to a motor vehicle with the intent to permit an individual not entitled to a driver's license or permit to operate the vehicle. Increases the penalty to a Level 6 felony if the offense involves at least two individuals or motor vehicles, or if the person uses a business organization or nonprofit organization to commit the offense.
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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. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1114/HB1114.04.ENRS.pdf)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1114/HB1114.03.COMS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1114/HB1114.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1114/HB1114.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1114 - Koch - 2nd Reading — **8–39** (fail) · upper
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- HB 1114 - Zimmerman — **68–18** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1114 - Zimmerman - 3rd Reading — **69–24** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1114 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **43–4** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Alex Zimmerman — primary (person)
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- Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Garrett Bascom — coauthor (person)
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- Jim Lucas — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Zimmerman
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- **2025-01-08** Coauthored by Representative Lucas
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- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Representative Bascom G added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-06** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-10** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-13** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
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- **2025-02-14** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-02-13** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 155: yeas 69, nays 24 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-20** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-18** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-18** Senator Carrasco added as second sponsor
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- **2025-03-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-20** Amendment #1 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 255: yeas 8, nays 39 `amendment-failure, failure`
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- **2025-03-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 262: yeas 43, nays 4 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-25** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-14** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-16** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 463: yeas 68, nays 18
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- **2025-04-17** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-21** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-30** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-30** Public Law 117 `became-law`
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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/ad40fab2-d365-436a-8196-659d14414f5f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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