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type: "Bill"
title: "Mobile retail food establishment licenses."
description: "Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish: (1) a statewide mobile retail food establishment license (license); (2) standards for the licensure, inspection, and operation of a mobile retail food establishment; and (3) license fees and inspection fees. Requires the state department to establish a workgroup to collaborate with in implementing specified provisions. Beginning January 1, 2027, requires a local health department to: (1) receive applications for licenses; (2) collect annual license and inspection fees; (3) issue licenses; and (4) conduct semiannual inspections of a mobile retail food establishment that is issued a license. Provides that an owner or operator of a mobile retail food establishment issued a license is not required to obtain a county or local license or permit, nor required to pay a county or local inspection fee or a license or permit fee. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, a person may not operate a mobile retail food establishment in Indiana unless the person obtains a license. Requires the state department to adopt rules to implement these provisions. Repeals provisions of law governing mobile retail food establishment permits effective January 1, 2027."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2025"
identifier: "HB 1577"
citation: "Indiana HB 1577 (2025)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH)", "HEALTH; Generally", "PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Joanna King", "Mike Bohacek", "Shelli Yoder", "Tyler Johnson"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 39
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2025-01-21"
last_action: "2025-05-06"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62920783-d9f4-4627-8a17-fb3311c9a827"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1577"
source_hash: "83980bb3dda5746e963f91bf6767cce768864896edf92cc80733ecc5c31346b6"
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 1577 (2025) — Mobile retail food establishment licenses.
Requires the Indiana department of health (state department) to establish: (1) a statewide mobile retail food establishment license (license); (2) standards for the licensure, inspection, and operation of a mobile retail food establishment; and (3) license fees and inspection fees. Requires the state department to establish a workgroup to collaborate with in implementing specified provisions. Beginning January 1, 2027, requires a local health department to: (1) receive applications for licenses; (2) collect annual license and inspection fees; (3) issue licenses; and (4) conduct semiannual inspections of a mobile retail food establishment that is issued a license. Provides that an owner or operator of a mobile retail food establishment issued a license is not required to obtain a county or local license or permit, nor required to pay a county or local inspection fee or a license or permit fee. Provides that beginning January 1, 2027, a person may not operate a mobile retail food establishment in Indiana unless the person obtains a license. Requires the state department to adopt rules to implement these provisions. Repeals provisions of law governing mobile retail food establishment permits effective January 1, 2027.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1577/HB1577.06.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1577/HB1577.05.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1577/HB1577.04.COMS.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1577/HB1577.01.INTR.pdf)
## Votes
- HB 1577 - King — **882** (pass) · lower
- HB 1577 - King - 3rd Reading — **942** (pass) · lower
- HB 1577 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — **481** (pass) · upper
- HB 1577 - Johnson T — **500** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Joanna King — primary (person)
- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
- Shelli Yoder — primary (person)
- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
- La Keisha Jackson — cosponsor (person)
- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
- Timothy O'Brien — coauthor (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-21** Authored by Representative King
- **2025-01-21** Coauthored by Representative Shackleford
- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-01-28** Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
- **2025-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-01-30** Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
- **2025-01-30** Representative Shackleford removed as coauthor
- **2025-02-11** Representatives Shackleford and O'Brien added as coauthors
- **2025-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 197: yeas 94, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-02-18** Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson T
- **2025-02-19** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2025-03-13** Senator Jackson L added as cosponsor
- **2025-03-24** Senator Yoder added as third sponsor
- **2025-03-24** Senator Bohacek added as second sponsor
- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2025-04-01** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2025-04-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 349: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2025-04-07** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
- **2025-04-08** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
- **2025-04-08** House dissented from Senate amendments
- **2025-04-08** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Bohacek
- **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Johnson T and Yoder
- **2025-04-15** House conferees appointed: King and Shackleford
- **2025-04-15** House advisors appointed: Olthoff, O'Brien and Bauer
- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
- **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 542: yeas 88, nays 2
- **2025-05-06** Public Law 235 `became-law`
- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 518: yeas 50, nays 0
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/62920783-d9f4-4627-8a17-fb3311c9a827`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).