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type: "Bill"
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title: "Mobile retail food establishment licenses."
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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."
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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 1577"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1577 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["AGENCIES; Department of Health (IDOH)", "HEALTH; Generally", "PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Joanna King", "Mike Bohacek", "Shelli Yoder", "Tyler Johnson"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 39
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-21"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/62920783-d9f4-4627-8a17-fb3311c9a827"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1577"
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source_hash: "83980bb3dda5746e963f91bf6767cce768864896edf92cc80733ecc5c31346b6"
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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 1577 (2025) — Mobile retail food establishment licenses.
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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.
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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/HB1577/HB1577.06.ENRS.pdf)
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2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1577/HB1577.05.COMS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1577/HB1577.04.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1577/HB1577.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1577 - King — **88–2** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1577 - King - 3rd Reading — **94–2** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1577 - Johnson T - 3rd Reading — **48–1** (pass) · upper
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- HB 1577 - Johnson T — **50–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Joanna King — primary (person)
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- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
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- Shelli Yoder — primary (person)
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- Tyler Johnson — primary (person)
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- Julie Olthoff — coauthor (person)
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- La Keisha Jackson — cosponsor (person)
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- Linda Rogers — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Robin Shackleford — coauthor (person)
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- Timothy O'Brien — 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** Authored by Representative King
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- **2025-01-21** Coauthored by Representative Shackleford
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- **2025-01-21** First reading: referred to Committee on Public Health `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-28** Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
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- **2025-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Representative Olthoff added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-30** Representative Shackleford removed as coauthor
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- **2025-02-11** Representatives Shackleford and O'Brien added as coauthors
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- **2025-02-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-18** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 197: yeas 94, nays 2 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-18** Senate sponsor: Senator Johnson T
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- **2025-02-19** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Health and Provider Services `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-13** Senator Jackson L added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-24** Senator Yoder added as third sponsor
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- **2025-03-24** Senator Bohacek added as second sponsor
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- **2025-03-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-01** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2025-04-03** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 349: yeas 48, nays 1 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-07** Senator Rogers added as cosponsor
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- **2025-04-08** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-08** House dissented from Senate amendments
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- **2025-04-08** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Bohacek
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- **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Johnson T and Yoder
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- **2025-04-15** House conferees appointed: King and Shackleford
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- **2025-04-15** House advisors appointed: Olthoff, O'Brien and Bauer
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-23** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 542: yeas 88, nays 2
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 235 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-29** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2025-04-24** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 518: yeas 50, nays 0
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-04-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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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/62920783-d9f4-4627-8a17-fb3311c9a827`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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