Indiana Senate Bill 253

---

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on March 11 2024 - 100% progression
Action: 2024-03-11 - Public Law 35
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Lake Michigan rescue equipment. Requires the owner of a pier or public access site on Lake Michigan to install public rescue equipment, including at least one ring life buoy, on the pier or public access site. Establishes requirements concerning ring life buoys installed on piers and public access sites. Provides that the end of the buoy line must not be secured to the shore. Requires a unit of local government that owns one or more piers or public access sites on Lake Michigan, at least twice per year, to publish on the unit's website a report on lakefront drownings that occur within 50 feet of the unit's piers or public access sites. Provides that if more than one fatal drowning occurs not more than 50 feet from a particular pier or public access site in a span of five years, the owner of the pier or public access site shall: (1) disseminate in the area of the pier or public access site a water safety plan pertaining to the pier or public access site; and (2) upgrade the public rescue equipment installed on the pier or public access site, such as by installing equipment that automatically contacts the local 911 service in an emergency.

Lake Michigan rescue equipment.

Sen. Rodney Pol [D]	Sen. Susan Glick [R]	Sen. Mike Bohacek [R]	Sen. Dan Dernulc [R]
Sen. Jean Leising [R]	Sen. Fady Qaddoura [D]	Sen. Scott Alexander [R]	Sen. David Vinzant [D]
Sen. James Tomes [R]	Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Sen. James Buck [R]
Rep. Jim Pressel [R]	Rep. Mike Andrade [D]	Rep. Charles Moseley [D]	Rep. Pat Boy [D]

2024-02-29 - Senate - Senate - Senate concurred in House amendments (Y: 44 N: 0 NV: 5 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2024-02-27 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 95 N: 0 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2024-02-06 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 48 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-11	Senate	Public Law 35
2024-03-11	Senate	Signed by the Governor
2024-03-08	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2024-03-07	House	Signed by the Speaker
2024-03-05	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2024-02-29	Senate	Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 243: yeas 44, nays 0
2024-02-28	Senate	Motion to concur filed
2024-02-28	House	Returned to the Senate with amendments
2024-02-27	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 95, nays 0
2024-02-26	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2024-02-22	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2024-02-12	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
2024-02-07	Senate	Referred to the House
2024-02-06	Senate	Senator Buck added as coauthor
2024-02-06	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Andrade, Moseley, Boy
2024-02-06	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Pressel
2024-02-06	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 140: yeas 48, nays 0
2024-02-05	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2024-02-05	Senate	Amendment #1 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote
2024-01-29	Senate	Senators Vinzant, Tomes, Doriot, Randolph added as coauthors
2024-01-29	Senate	Senators Leising, Qaddoura, Alexander added as coauthors
2024-01-29	Senate	Senator Dernulc added as coauthor
2024-01-29	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2024-01-22	Senate	Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
2024-01-16	Senate	Senator Glick added as second author
2024-01-11	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
2024-01-11	Senate	Authored by Senator Pol

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2024/bills/senate/253/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/SB0253.01.INTR.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/SB0253.02.COMS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/SB0253.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/SB0253.04.COMH.pdf
Text	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/SB0253.05.ENRH.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/amendments/SB0253.02.COMS.AMS001.pdf
Amendment	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/committee-amendments/amendments/SB0253.03.ENGS.AMH02.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/fiscal-notes/SB0253.01.INTR.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/fiscal-notes/SB0253.02.COMS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/votesheets/SB0253.01.INTR.01.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/committee-reports/SB0253.01.INTR.CRS001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/fiscal-notes/SB0253.03.ENGS.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/fiscal-notes/SB0253.03.ENGS.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/votesheets/SB0253.03.ENGS.00.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/committee-reports/SB0253.03.ENGS.CRH001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/fiscal-notes/SB0253.04.COMH.FN001.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/fiscal-notes/SB0253.04.COMH.FN002.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/fiscal-notes/SB0253.04.COMH.FN003.pdf
Supplement	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/fiscal-notes/SB0253.05.ENRH.FN001.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/rollcalls/SB0253.140_S.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/rollcalls/SB0253.234_H.pdf
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0253/rollcalls/SB0253.243_S.pdf