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Indiana House Bill HB1257

Indiana 2025 Regular Session

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22 Introduced Version
33 HOUSE BILL No. 1257
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55 DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
66 Citations Affected: IC 9-18.5.
77 Synopsis: Epilepsy foundation trust license plate. Establishes the
88 epilepsy foundation trust license plate as a special group recognition
99 license plate. Establishes the epilepsy foundation trust fund.
1010 Effective: July 1, 2025.
1111 Klinker
1212 January 9, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
1313 2025 IN 1257—LS 6721/DI 137 Introduced
1414 First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
1515 PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
1616 Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
1717 additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
1818 Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
1919 provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
2020 word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
2121 a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
2222 Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
2323 between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
2424 HOUSE BILL No. 1257
2525 A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning
2626 motor vehicles.
2727 Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
2828 1 SECTION 1. IC 9-18.5-2-1, AS AMENDED BY P.L.118-2022,
2929 2 SECTION 7, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
3030 3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 1. (a) A person may apply to the bureau for a
3131 4 personalized license plate to display on the person's vehicle.
3232 5 (b) The following license plates may be designed as a personalized
3333 6 license plate under this chapter:
3434 7 (1) IC 9-18.5-4 (prisoner of war license plates).
3535 8 (2) IC 9-18.5-5 (disabled Hoosier veteran license plates).
3636 9 (3) IC 9-18.5-6 (Purple Heart license plates).
3737 10 (4) IC 9-18.5-7 (National Guard license plates).
3838 11 (5) IC 9-18.5-8 (license plates for persons with disabilities).
3939 12 (6) IC 9-18.5-9 (amateur radio operator license plates).
4040 13 (7) IC 9-18.5-10 (civic event license plates).
4141 14 (8) IC 9-18.5-11 (In God We Trust license plates).
4242 15 (9) IC 9-18.5-12 (special group recognition license plates).
4343 16 (10) IC 9-18.5-13 (environmental license plates).
4444 17 (11) IC 9-18.5-14 (kids first trust license plates).
4545 2025 IN 1257—LS 6721/DI 137 2
4646 1 (12) IC 9-18.5-15 (education license plates).
4747 2 (13) IC 9-18.5-16 (Indiana FFA trust license plates).
4848 3 (14) IC 9-18.5-17 (Indiana firefighter license plates).
4949 4 (15) IC 9-18.5-18 (Indiana boy scouts trust license plates).
5050 5 (16) IC 9-18.5-19 (D.A.R.E. Indiana trust license plates).
5151 6 (17) IC 9-18.5-20 (Indiana arts trust license plates).
5252 7 (18) IC 9-18.5-21 (Indiana health trust license plates).
5353 8 (19) IC 9-18.5-22 (Indiana Native American trust license plates).
5454 9 (20) IC 9-18.5-24 (Pearl Harbor survivor license plates).
5555 10 (21) IC 9-18.5-25 (Indiana state educational institution trust
5656 11 license plates).
5757 12 (22) IC 9-18.5-26 (Lewis and Clark expedition license plates).
5858 13 (23) IC 9-18.5-27 (Riley Children's Foundation license plates).
5959 14 (24) IC 9-18.5-28 (National Football League franchised
6060 15 professional football team license plates).
6161 16 (25) IC 9-18.5-29 (Hoosier veteran license plates).
6262 17 (26) IC 9-18.5-30 (support our troops license plates).
6363 18 (27) IC 9-18.5-31 (Abraham Lincoln's boyhood home license
6464 19 plates).
6565 20 (28) IC 9-18.5-33 (Indiana Gold Star family member license
6666 21 plates).
6767 22 (29) IC 9-18.5-35 (Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal license
6868 23 plates).
6969 24 (30) IC 9-18.5-37 (epilepsy foundation trust license plates).
7070 25 (30) (31) A license plate issued under IC 9-18 (before its
7171 26 expiration) or IC 9-18.1.
7272 27 SECTION 2. IC 9-18.5-37 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA CODE
7373 28 AS A NEW CHAPTER TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
7474 29 JULY 1, 2025]:
7575 30 Chapter 37. Epilepsy Foundation Trust License Plates
7676 31 Sec. 1. The bureau shall design and issue an epilepsy foundation
7777 32 trust license plate. The epilepsy foundation trust license plate shall
7878 33 be designed and issued as a special group recognition license plate
7979 34 under IC 9-18.5-12 and must include the following:
8080 35 (1) A basic design for the plate, with consecutive numbers or
8181 36 letters, or both, to properly identify the vehicle.
8282 37 (2) A background design, an emblem, or colors that designate
8383 38 the license plate as an epilepsy foundation trust license plate.
8484 39 (3) Any other information the bureau considers necessary.
8585 40 Sec. 2. A person that is eligible to register a vehicle under this
8686 41 title is eligible to receive an epilepsy foundation trust license plate
8787 42 under this chapter upon doing the following:
8888 2025 IN 1257—LS 6721/DI 137 3
8989 1 (1) Completing an application for an epilepsy foundation trust
9090 2 license plate.
9191 3 (2) Paying the fees under section 3 of this chapter.
9292 4 Sec. 3. (a) The bureau shall collect the following fees for an
9393 5 epilepsy foundation trust license plate:
9494 6 (1) An annual supplemental fee of fifteen dollars ($15) under
9595 7 IC 9-18.5-12-16.
9696 8 (2) An annual fee of not more than twenty-five dollars ($25)
9797 9 under IC 9-18.5-12-14(d)(2) or IC 9-18.5-12-15(b).
9898 10 (b) The bureau shall collect the annual fee described in
9999 11 subsection (a)(2) and deposit the annual fee in the epilepsy
100100 12 foundation trust fund established by section 4 of this chapter.
101101 13 Sec. 4. (a) The epilepsy foundation trust fund is established.
102102 14 (b) The treasurer of state shall invest the money in the epilepsy
103103 15 foundation trust fund not currently needed to meet the obligations
104104 16 of the epilepsy foundation trust fund in the same manner as other
105105 17 public trust funds are invested. Interest that accrues from these
106106 18 investments shall be deposited in the epilepsy foundation trust
107107 19 fund.
108108 20 (c) The bureau shall administer the epilepsy foundation trust
109109 21 fund. Expenses of administering the epilepsy foundation trust fund
110110 22 shall be paid from money in the epilepsy foundation trust fund.
111111 23 (d) The bureau shall distribute at least one (1) time each month
112112 24 the money from the epilepsy foundation trust fund to the Epilepsy
113113 25 Foundation Indiana.
114114 26 (e) Money in the epilepsy foundation trust fund at the end of the
115115 27 state fiscal year does not revert to the state general fund.
116116 2025 IN 1257—LS 6721/DI 137