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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Child safety requirements for off-road vehicles."
+description: "Provides that an individual less than 18 years of age is not required to wear a helmet while operating or riding on an off-road vehicle if certain requirements are met. Provides that a person may not knowingly authorize or permit an individual less than 18 years of age to operate or ride on an off-road vehicle in violation of the statute providing helmet requirements for off-road vehicle operators."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "SB 281"
+citation: "Indiana SB 281 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally", "HEALTH; Generally", "TRANSPORTATION; Landcraft"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Mark Messmer", "Michael Crider", "Shane Lindauer"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 19
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2024-01-16"
+last_action: "2024-03-11"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f824fa9c-7a24-44c3-bdca-990d35789545"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0281"
+source_hash: "a3e9cc84e93674f4dd4e2ee3dd9c1e73148b23c991caafbd6fdd4acd5d1e82e4"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana SB 281 (2024) — Child safety requirements for off-road vehicles.
+
+Provides that an individual less than 18 years of age is not required to wear a helmet while operating or riding on an off-road vehicle if certain requirements are met. Provides that a person may not knowingly authorize or permit an individual less than 18 years of age to operate or ride on an off-road vehicle in violation of the statute providing helmet requirements for off-road vehicle operators.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0281/SB0281.04.ENRH.pdf)
+2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0281/SB0281.01.INTR.pdf)
+3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0281/SB0281.02.COMS.pdf)
+4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/senate/bills/SB0281/SB0281.03.COMH.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 281 - Messmer - 3rd Reading — **43–5** (pass) · upper
+- SB 281 - Lindauer - 3rd Reading — **80–16** (pass) · lower
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
+- Michael Crider — primary (person)
+- Shane Lindauer — primary (person)
+- Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)
+- Wendy McNamara — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-16** Authored by Senator Messmer
+- **2024-01-16** First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-30** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-01** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-05** Senator Crider added as second author
+- **2024-02-05** House sponsor: Representative Lindauer
+- **2024-02-05** Cosponsors: Representatives Bartels and McNamara
+- **2024-02-05** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 114: yeas 43, nays 5 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-06** Referred to the House `referral`
+- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-26** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 206: yeas 80, nays 16 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
+- **2024-02-29** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2024-03-04** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2024-03-11** Public Law 38 `became-law`
+- **2024-03-11** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f824fa9c-7a24-44c3-bdca-990d35789545`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+