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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sale of utility trailers."
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description: "Amends the definition of \"motor vehicle\" for purposes of dealer services provisions governing unfair practices and the succession to franchise by designated family members. Amends the definition of \"trailer\" for certain instances. Specifies that the requirement that a dealer have an established place of business does not apply to a dealer selling trailers, unless the dealer is required to be licensed for any other purpose. Provides that a dealer selling trailers does not have to file certain information with the secretary of state."
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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: "SB 73"
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citation: "Indiana SB 73 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["TAXES; Estate and Inheritance Taxes", "TRANSPORTATION; Dealers and Manufacturers", "TRANSPORTATION; Landcraft", "TRANSPORTATION; Mobile and Manufactured Homes", "TRANSPORTATION; Recreational Vehicles (RVs)"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Blake Doriot", "Dan Dernulc", "Jim Pressel"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 37
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vote_count: 4
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-05-06"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/1244ca2b-6aa4-4630-936a-8dc0617a1afe"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0073"
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source_hash: "ea5f1962b8bbb7f1d0cd7c64fd2f78ca923c0b40fea458405e957961b01f05f3"
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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 SB 73 (2025) — Sale of utility trailers.
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Amends the definition of "motor vehicle" for purposes of dealer services provisions governing unfair practices and the succession to franchise by designated family members. Amends the definition of "trailer" for certain instances. Specifies that the requirement that a dealer have an established place of business does not apply to a dealer selling trailers, unless the dealer is required to be licensed for any other purpose. Provides that a dealer selling trailers does not have to file certain information with the secretary of state.
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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. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0073/SB0073.04.ENGH.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0073/SB0073.05.ENRH.pdf)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0073/SB0073.01.INTR.pdf)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0073/SB0073.03.COMH.pdf)
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## Votes
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- SB 73 - Dernulc - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 73 - Dernulc — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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- SB 73 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — **75–13** (pass) · lower
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- SB 73 - Pressel — **86–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
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- Dan Dernulc — primary (person)
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- Jim Pressel — primary (person)
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- Alex Burton — cosponsor (person)
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- Harold Slager — cosponsor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Timothy Wesco — cosponsor (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 Senator Dernulc
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- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-14** Senator Doriot added as coauthor
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- **2025-01-28** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-02-03** Senator Doriot removed as coauthor
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- **2025-02-03** Senator Doriot added as second author
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- **2025-02-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 50: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-02-03** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-03** House sponsor: Representative Pressel
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- **2025-02-03** Cosponsor: Representative Slager
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- **2025-02-04** Referred to the House `referral`
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- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-31** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-04-01** Representative Wesco added as cosponsor
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- **2025-04-03** Amendment #1 (Moed) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Amendment #6 (Pressel) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Representative Burton added as cosponsor
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- **2025-04-03** Amendment #8 (Judy) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-04-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 371: yeas 75, nays 13 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-04-08** Motion to dissent filed `filing`
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- **2025-04-08** Senate dissented from House amendments
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- **2025-04-08** Returned to the Senate with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-04-10** Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D., Doriot and Crider
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- **2025-04-10** House conferees appointed: Pressel and Burton
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- **2025-04-10** House advisors appointed: Slager, Wesco and Moed
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- **2025-04-10** Senate conferees appointed: Dernulc and Spencer
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- **2025-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the Senate `filing`
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- **2025-04-21** CCR # 1 filed in the House `filing`
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- **2025-04-22** Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 482: yeas 49, nays 0
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- **2025-04-22** Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 509: yeas 86, nays 0
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- **2025-04-23** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-05-06** Public Law 185 `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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## 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/1244ca2b-6aa4-4630-936a-8dc0617a1afe`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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