BMV agency bill advances after committee adopts advertising ban for illegal substances and adds towing complaint process

House Bill 1390, the BMV agency bill, was returned to appropriations by the Senate Homeland Security and Transportation Committee after members adopted multiple amendments that span vehicle licensing, insurance verification standards, advertising and a new towing complaint process for disputed nonconsensual tows. The committee vote to recommit passed 6-1.

Representative Pressell, presenting the bill in the Senate committee, described several technical and policy amendments. Among them were changes clarifying that out-of-state commercial drivers with a valid CDL in good standing who move to Indiana would not be required to retake a written skills test; final language also addressed the specifications for BMV insurance‑verification systems and retained an expiration‑sticker requirement while removing a proposal to eliminate registration stickers. The committee adopted several BMV-related amendments by consent.

A contested amendment added language that would prohibit advertising in…