Indiana 2023 Regular Session Status: Enacted 3 R cosponsors

SB 236 — Learner's permits.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2023. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Advancing 60% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 5 sponsors

    4 primary, 1 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

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Summary

Provides that, to obtain a learner's permit, an individual who is less than 18 years of age must provide the bureau of motor vehicles with an emergency contact person who is not the holder of the learner's permit to be listed in the Indiana emergency contact data base for the individual who holds the learner's permit.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 174

  3. Signed by the Speaker

  4. Signed by the President of the Senate

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 476: yeas 45, nays 0

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 497: yeas 82, nays 0

  8. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  10. Senate advisors appointed: Ford J.D. and Messmer

  11. Senate conferees appointed: Zay and Hunley

  12. House advisors appointed: Lauer, Patterson and Hamilton

  13. House conferees appointed: Pressel and Harris

  14. Senate dissented from House amendments

  15. Motion to dissent filed

  16. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 338: yeas 92, nays 0

  18. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  19. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  20. First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation

  21. Referred to the House

  22. Senator Buck added as third author

  23. Senator Messmer added as second author

  24. Cosponsor: Representative Lauer

  25. House sponsor: Representative Pressel

  26. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 10: yeas 48, nays 0

  27. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  28. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  29. First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation

  30. Authored by Senator Zay

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 1 co-sponsors · 145 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (1)

Not signed on (145)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 236 do?
Provides that, to obtain a learner's permit, an individual who is less than 18 years of age must provide the bureau of motor vehicles with an emergency contact person who is not the holder of the learner's permit to be listed in the Indiana emergency contact data base for the individual who holds the learner's permit.
Who sponsors SB 236?
SB 236 is sponsored by Ryan Lauer (Republican), Jim Pressel (Republican), James Buck (Republican), Mark Messmer, and Andy Zay.
What is the current status of SB 236?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 10, 2023. Enacted.
Where can I track SB 236?
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