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Indiana 2026

SB 179

Indiana department of transportation.

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Source: Open States / PluralUpdated 2026-09-11 20:11:04 UTC.

Official record

Measure details

Jurisdiction
Indiana
Session
2026
Chamber
upper
Classification
bill
Subjects
AGENCIES; Department of Transportation (INDOT), CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Liabilities, Damages, and Penalties, ENGINEERS AND LAND SURVEYORS (Non-Elected), PROPERTY; Generally, SCHOOLS; Buses, STATE GOVERNMENT; Contracts, Procurements, and Purchases, TAXES; Fuel and Vehicle Taxes, TRANSPORTATION; Aircraft, TRANSPORTATION; Commercial Trucking, TRANSPORTATION; Infrastructure; Highways, Roads, and Streets, TRANSPORTATION; Traffic Rules, Regulations, Penalties, and Violations
Introduced / first action
2026-01-05 00:00:00

Source-supplied abstracts

Allows the Indiana department of transportation (department) to assume the responsibilities and duties of the United States Department of Transportation with respect to certain federal environmental laws. Provides that the department waives its civil immunity and consents to the jurisdiction of the federal courts for responsibilities and duties assumed under certain federal environmental laws. Amends language regarding a local unit's eligibility for: (1) a grant from the local road and bridge matching grant fund (fund); and (2) a distribution from the fund based on the local unit's share of total lane mileage. Provides limitations for an overweight truck permit that is issued for a single trip. Provides for the use of the Indiana Plane Coordinate System as a means to describe real property. Provides that the department may give preference in awarding grants from the fund to local units that have adopted an enhanced asset management plan. Provides that a county may impose a vehicle excise tax or wheel tax on a vehicle that is registered in the county and not registered in a municipality in the county where a vehicle excise tax or wheel tax went into effect after December 31, 2026. Amends certain requirements for township capital improvement plans.

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Source-supplied history

Actions

  1. Signed by the Governor

    executive-signature

  2. Public Law 147

    became-law

  3. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

    passage

  4. Signed by the Speaker

    passage

  5. Signed by the President of the Senate

    passage

  6. Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee

  7. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 428: yeas 94, nays 0

  8. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 321: yeas 45, nays 5

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the House

    filing

  10. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

    filing

  11. Senator Qaddoura added as conferee

  12. Senate conferees appointed: Crider, Ford J.D.

  13. Senate advisors appointed: Doriot, Spencer, Holdman

  14. House conferees appointed: Pressel, Harris

  15. Motion to dissent filed

    filing

  16. Senate dissented from House amendments

  17. House advisors appointed: Lawson, Haggard, Patterson, Hamilton, Dant Chesser

  18. Returned to the Senate with amendments

    receipt

  19. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 345: yeas 72, nays 23

    passage, reading-3

  20. Amendment #1 (Pressel) prevailed; voice vote

    amendment-passage

  21. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

    reading-2

  22. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  23. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  24. Recommitted to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3

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

    reading-1, referral-committee

  26. Referred to the House

    referral

  27. Senator Doriot added as second author

  28. House sponsor: Representative Pressel

  29. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 99: yeas 41, nays 5

    passage, reading-3

  30. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

    reading-2

  31. Senator Holdman added as coauthor

  32. Amendment #2 (Holdman) prevailed; voice vote

    amendment-passage

  33. Senator Randolph added as coauthor

  34. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

    committee-passage

  35. Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

    committee-passage, referral-committee

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

    reading-1, referral-committee

  37. Authored by Senator Crider

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