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HB1207 • 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 Julie Olthoff
Last action
2026-01-05
Official status
Introduced House Bill (H)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on the consequences for refusing a chemical test or how this bill interacts with existing laws about chemical tests in Indiana.

Indiana Bill for Offering Chemical Tests After Fatal Accidents

This bill requires police officers to offer chemical tests to people they suspect of driving vehicles involved in fatal accidents.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires law enforcement officers to give a chance for a chemical test to anyone they think drove a car that was part of a deadly crash.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Law enforcement officers who will have to offer chemical tests in certain situations.
  • People suspected by police of driving vehicles involved in fatal accidents.

Terms To Know

Chemical test
A test that checks if someone has drugs or alcohol in their system.
Fatal accident
An accident where at least one person dies.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the consequences of refusing to take a chemical test.
  • It is unclear how this will interact with existing laws about chemical tests in Indiana.

Bill History

  1. 2026-01-05 House

    Authored by Representative Olthoff

  2. 2026-01-05 House

    First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning motor vehicles.
Tests of a motor vehicle operator.

Current Bill Text

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

Tests of a motor vehicle operator.

Provides that a law enforcement officer shall offer a chemical test to any person who the officer has reason to believe operated a vehicle that was involved in a fatal accident.