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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 331: Amended registration.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

SB 331 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Amended registration. Primary sponsor: Julie Olthoff (Republican), Mike Bohacek (Republican), Ed Charbonneau (Republican), Mark Spencer (Democratic). It lists 23 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (May 6, 2025): Signed by the Governor.

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Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Provides that if a person changes the exterior color or appearance of their passenger vehicle from the color listed in the vehicle's registration through certain methods, the person must apply to amend their vehicle registration, and that a law enforcement officer shall issue a warning to a person who does not update the person's registration to reflect the color changes. Provides that a person commits a Class C misdemeanor if the person changes the color of a passenger vehicle after it was used in the commission of a crime and fails to amend the vehicle registration. Requires the BMV to require a person renewing a registration to indicate if the vehicle's color has changed.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 12 · Republican 15

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Julie OlthoffPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse19
Mike BohacekPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate8
Ed CharbonneauPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate5
Mark SpencerPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate3
Mike AndradeCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse12
Mike AylesworthCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse11
Jim BuckCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate21
Brett ClarkCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate24
Dan DernulcCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate1
Stacey DonatoCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate18
Blake DoriotCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
J.D. FordCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate29
Earl HarrisCo-sponsorDemocraticHouse2
Andrea HunleyCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate46
La Keisha JacksonCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate34
Randy MaxwellCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate43
Rick NiemeyerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate6
David NiezgodskiCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate10
Rodney PolCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate4
Fady QaddouraCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate30
Lonnie RandolphCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate2
Daryl SchmittCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate48
Greg TaylorCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate33
Greg WalkerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate41
Kyle WalkerCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate31
Shelli YoderCo-sponsorDemocraticSenate40
Mike YoungCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate35

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor
  2. Public Law 198
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  5. Signed by the Speaker
  6. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 490: yeas 45, nays 2
  7. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
  8. CCR # 1 filed in the House
  9. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 519: yeas 73, nays 17
  10. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
  11. Senate conferees appointed: Charbonneau and Spencer
  12. Senate advisors appointed: Pol and Bohacek

Showing 12 most recent of 40 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source