republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2026/hb-1116.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Virtual currency kiosks."
description: "Prohibits the operation of virtual currency kiosks in Indiana. Provides that: (1) a person that violates these provisions commits an act that is actionable by the attorney general under law regarding deceptive consumer sales; and (2) in addition to the penalties prescribed for deceptive consumer sales, a person that knowingly or intentionally violates these provisions may be ordered to forfeit one or both of: (A) the amount of the charges assessed to users of the person's virtual currency kiosks in Indiana during the period of the violation; and (B) any virtual currency kiosk operated by the operator in Indiana. Provides that the attorney general may bring an enforcement action against: (1) the operator of a virtual currency kiosk that gives rise to a violation; and (2) the owner of the premises on which the virtual currency kiosk is located if the owner knowingly or intentionally permitted the violation."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1116"
citation: "Indiana HB 1116 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities", "Damages", "and Penalties", "FINANCIAL SERVICES; Currency", "PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL LICENSING; Finance Industry", "STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS; Attorney General"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Scott Baldwin", "Vaneta Becker", "Wendy McNamara"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2026-01-05"
last_action: "2026-03-09"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/c0212e34-a2c9-4852-b92e-daa5585cd963"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1116"
source_hash: "22b4c242bdaf2036ffca4b1f1adaa9d3ffe9b8314fdb71c0b6bba1053aa64a9f"
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 1116 (2026) — Virtual currency kiosks.

Prohibits the operation of virtual currency kiosks in Indiana. Provides that: (1) a person that violates these provisions commits an act that is actionable by the attorney general under law regarding deceptive consumer sales; and (2) in addition to the penalties prescribed for deceptive consumer sales, a person that knowingly or intentionally violates these provisions may be ordered to forfeit one or both of: (A) the amount of the charges assessed to users of the person's virtual currency kiosks in Indiana during the period of the violation; and (B) any virtual currency kiosk operated by the operator in Indiana. Provides that the attorney general may bring an enforcement action against: (1) the operator of a virtual currency kiosk that gives rise to a violation; and (2) the owner of the premises on which the virtual currency kiosk is located if the owner knowingly or intentionally permitted the violation.

## 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/124/2026/house/bills/HB1116/HB1116.05.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1116/HB1116.04.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1116/HB1116.03.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1116/HB1116.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1116 - Baldwin - 3rd Reading — **45–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1116 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **87–7** (pass) · lower
- HB 1116 - McNamara — **94–1** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
- Vaneta Becker — primary (person)
- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
- Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
- Jennifer Meltzer — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2026-01-05** Coauthored by Representatives Meltzer, Teshka, Steuerwald
- **2026-01-05** Authored by Representative McNamara
- **2026-01-05** First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-15** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-15** Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
- **2026-01-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 143: yeas 87, nays 7 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-28** Senate sponsors: Senators Baldwin, Becker
- **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-09** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-12** Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-16** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-18** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 178: yeas 45, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-18** Motion to concur filed `filing`
- **2026-02-19** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 296: yeas 94, nays 1
- **2026-02-23** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-03-02** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-09** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2026-03-09** Public Law 143 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/c0212e34-a2c9-4852-b92e-daa5585cd963`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).