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Committee passes bills restricting advertising of illegal substances and adding towing complaints to consumer law after stakeholder negotiations
Summary
The Indiana House Roads and Transportation Committee adopted two amendments to Senate Bill 73: one would bar advertising of illegal substances listed under Indiana law, and another would add emergency commercial towing disputes to the Deceptive Consumer Sales Act with a 60%/40% cash-and-bond structure and a 30-day mediation window through the Attorney General's office.
The Indiana House Roads and Transportation Committee adopted two amendments to Senate Bill 73 that together aim to curb advertising for illegal controlled substances and to create a process for addressing alleged predatory towing of commercial vehicles.
Amendment 7 would prohibit advertising illegal substances listed under Indiana law — the sponsor said the change targets marijuana advertising in Northern Indiana and described numerous billboards, rolling billboard trucks and direct mailers promoting dispensaries in neighboring jurisdictions. The sponsor said: "If a substance is illegal in Indiana, it shouldn't be able to be advertised in Indiana." The sponsor and stakeholders referenced a November 2024 Fifth Circuit decision upholding a similar Mississippi law in support of restricting…
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