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HB1122 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Representative John Bartlett
Last action
2026-02-24
Official status
House Bill (S)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Special License Plates for Former State Legislators

This bill would allow former Indiana state legislators to get special license plates if they served at least five terms in the House, three terms in the Senate, or a total of twelve years between both houses.

What This Bill Does

  • Creates a new type of license plate for former members of the Indiana General Assembly.
  • Requires that former representatives must have served at least five full terms to qualify.
  • Requires that former senators must have served at least three full terms to qualify.
  • Allows individuals who served in both houses to qualify if they served a total of twelve years.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Former members of the Indiana House of Representatives
  • Former members of the Indiana Senate

Terms To Know

General Assembly
The state legislature of Indiana, made up of the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Terms
A period during which a person serves in an elected office, such as one year for the Indiana General Assembly.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was defeated on third reading.
  • It is unclear when or if this bill will be reintroduced or passed into law.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-24 Senate

    Third reading: defeated; Roll Call 235: yeas 17, nays 31

  2. 2026-02-19 Senate

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  3. 2026-02-17 Senate

    Committee report: do pass, adopted

  4. 2026-02-05 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation

  5. 2026-02-03 House

    Referred to the Senate

  6. 2026-02-02 House

    Third reading: passed; Roll Call 170: yeas 63, nays 15

  7. 2026-02-02 House

    Senate sponsors: Senators Niemeyer, Dernulc, Taylor G

  8. 2026-01-29 House

    Second reading: ordered engrossed

  9. 2026-01-27 House

    Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  10. 2026-01-08 House

    Representatives Soliday, Davis added as coauthors

  11. 2026-01-05 House

    Authored by Representative Bartlett

  12. 2026-01-05 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.
License plates for former state legislators.

Current Bill Text

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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.

License plates for former state legislators.

Provides that a special license plate may be issued to former members of the general assembly who served: (1) for a former member of the house of representatives, not less than five terms; (2) for a former member of the senate, not less than three terms; and (3) for an individual who served in both the house of representatives and the senate, for a total of not less than 12 years.