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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana bill requires electronic toll collection as sole method for state roads and public-private agreements
Last action · January 6, 2026: First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and TransportationSponsor: Carolyn Jackson
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What This Bill Proposed
Indiana House Bill 1319 requires the Indiana Department of Transportation and private operators to transition to electronic or nonmanual toll collection as the exclusive method for charging and collecting user fees on toll roads. Under the bill, new toll road projects, existing tollways, and s renewed or amended after June 30, 2026, must implement electronic tolling programs within specified timelines, while toll invoicing must occur within one year.
- The Indiana Department of Transportation manages state transportation infrastructure, while the Indiana Finance Authority oversees public-private partnerships for major infrastructure projects. context
Who It Would Have Affected
Groups the bill's text would have affected, as described in the record. Being affected is not a position for or against it.
Indiana Department of Transportation
Must establish and implement electronic or nonmanual tolling programs for applicable toll road projects.
Indiana Finance Authority
Must include electronic tolling mandates in public-private agreements entered into, renewed, or amended after June 30, 2026.
Toll road operators
Must adopt electronic or nonmanual toll collection as the exclusive method under applicable public-private agreements.
Toll road drivers
Must use electronic or nonmanual payment methods and receive invoices within one year of incurring a toll.
Key Facts
- The Indiana Department of Transportation must establish and implement an electronic or nonmanual tolling program as the sole means for collecting user fees on toll road projects constructed after June 30, 2026.
- For existing tollways on July 1, 2026, electronic or nonmanual tolling must be fully implemented by December 31, 2027.
- Public-private agreements between the Indiana Finance Authority and an operator entered into, renewed, or amended after June 30, 2026, must require the operator to use electronic or nonmanual tolling as the sole collection method.
- Operators under new, renewed, or amended public-private agreements must implement electronic tolling within two years of the agreement date.
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- Toll amounts must be invoiced to a driver not later than one year after the date the driver incurs the toll.
- Existing statutes allowing manual toll collection methods are restricted for projects subject to the new electronic-only mandates.
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Votes, people, money & the original sourceWhere This Stands
This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
2 actions- Jan 6, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation
- Jan 6, 2026HouseAuthored by Representative Jackson C
Version history
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Mandatory Electronic Toll Transition
The bill systematically phases out manual toll collection across Indiana by setting strict deadlines for existing tollways and new public-private agreements to adopt electronic-only tolling.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 60)
- Controversy25Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz20Current news / social attention level
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