Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 9 R · 5 D cosponsors

SB 253 — Lake Michigan rescue equipment.

Last action — Public Law 35

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2024. Enacted.

Prognosis

Likely to advance 78% · moderate confidence

Where this bill stands today.

Odds of enactment

High

How often bills like it became law.

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 16 sponsors

    3 primary, 13 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (9 R · 5 D) — cross-party backing.

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Summary

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.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 35

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 243: yeas 44, nays 0

  7. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  8. Motion to concur filed

  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 95, nays 0

  10. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  11. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  12. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

  13. Referred to the House

  14. Senator Buck added as coauthor

  15. Cosponsors: Representatives Andrade, Moseley, Boy

  16. House sponsor: Representative Pressel

  17. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 140: yeas 48, nays 0

  18. Amendment #1 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote

  19. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  20. Senator Dernulc added as coauthor

  21. Senators Vinzant, Tomes, Doriot, Randolph added as coauthors

  22. Senators Leising, Qaddoura, Alexander added as coauthors

  23. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  24. Senator Bohacek added as coauthor

  25. Senator Glick added as second author

  26. Authored by Senator Pol

  27. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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3 sponsors · 13 co-sponsors · 134 not signed on

Sponsors (3)

Co-sponsors (13)

Not signed on (134)

134 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Subjects

public-safety environment
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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 253 do?
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.
Who sponsors SB 253?
SB 253 is sponsored by Pat Boy, Chuck Moseley (Democrat), Mike Andrade (Democrat), Jim Pressel (Republican), James Buck (Republican), Lonnie Randolph (Democrat), Blake Doriot (Republican), James Tomes (Republican), David Vinzant, Scott Alexander (Republican), Fady Qaddoura (Democrat), Jean Leising (Republican), Dan Dernulc (Republican), Mike Bohacek (Republican), Susan Glick (Republican), and Rodney Pol (Democrat).
What is the current status of SB 253?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 11, 2024. Enacted.
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