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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 with suspended driving privileges."
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description: "Specifies that the penalty for a operating a motor vehicle while under a lifetime forfeiture of driving privileges is: (1) a Level 6 felony, if the forfeiture occurred before July 1, 2015; and (2) a Level 5 felony, if the forfeiture occurred after June 30, 2015."
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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 1554"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1554 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Bureau of Motor Vehicles (BMV)", "AGENCIES; Department of Corrections (DOC)", "CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "COURTS; Trial Courts", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Creation of New Offenses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Motor Vehicle Offenses (Excluding Traffic Violations)", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Sentencing", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; County Sheriffs' Departments", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Garrett Bascom", "Michael Crider"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-04-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/10abef6d-044d-45ec-8c8a-b8833159616d"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1554"
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source_hash: "676e0f668cde67d9be2e0b2b962c9396d1fd00138f17e30a2a92d2a7d9643c95"
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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 1554 (2025) — Driving with suspended driving privileges.
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Specifies that the penalty for a operating a motor vehicle while under a lifetime forfeiture of driving privileges is: (1) a Level 6 felony, if the forfeiture occurred before July 1, 2015; and (2) a Level 5 felony, if the forfeiture occurred after June 30, 2015.
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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/HB1554/HB1554.04.ENRS.pdf)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1554/HB1554.03.COMS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1554/HB1554.02.COMH.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1554/HB1554.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1554 - Bascom - 3rd Reading — **88–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1554 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **44–1** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Garrett Bascom — primary (person)
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- Michael Crider — primary (person)
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- Alex Zimmerman — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-21** Coauthored by Representative Zimmerman
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- **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative Bascom
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- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-04** Senate sponsor: Senator Crider
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- **2025-02-05** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-02-04** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 91: yeas 88, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 238: yeas 44, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-18** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-03-20** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-20** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-03** Public Law 36 `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/10abef6d-044d-45ec-8c8a-b8833159616d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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