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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Extension of lifeline law immunity."
+description: "Provides that an individual who is: (1) reasonably believed to be suffering from a health condition which is the direct result of alcohol consumption; and (2) assisted by a person who requested emergency medical assistance for the individual; is immune from prosecution for certain crimes."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2025"
+identifier: "SB 74"
+citation: "Indiana SB 74 (2025)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["ALCOHOL AND TOBACCO; Alcohol Products", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Illicit Drugs", "Substances", "and Alcohol Offenses", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Immunity", "HEALTH; Emergency Medical Services (EMS)", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Mike Bohacek", "Ron Alting", "Wendy McNamara"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 31
+vote_count: 2
+first_action: "2025-01-08"
+last_action: "2025-04-03"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9481952a-6795-479b-b5aa-e93192a77618"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0074"
+source_hash: "4680e0d2462b81ff39c9b4dd7ddee6024ffcd689f27a1074eab515a613f719f1"
+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 74 (2025) — Extension of lifeline law immunity.
+
+Provides that an individual who is: (1) reasonably believed to be suffering from a health condition which is the direct result of alcohol consumption; and (2) assisted by a person who requested emergency medical assistance for the individual; is immune from prosecution for certain crimes.
+
+## 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/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0074/SB0074.04.ENRH.pdf)
+2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0074/SB0074.01.INTR.pdf)
+3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0074/SB0074.02.COMS.pdf)
+4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/senate/bills/SB0074/SB0074.03.COMH.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- SB 74 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — **87–3** (pass) · lower
+- SB 74 - Alting - 3rd Reading — **43–6** (pass) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
+- Mike Bohacek — primary (person)
+- Ron Alting — primary (person)
+- Wendy McNamara — primary (person)
+- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
+- Brett Clark — coauthor (person)
+- Carey Hamilton — cosponsor (person)
+- Eric Bassler — coauthor (person)
+- Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
+- Greg Taylor — coauthor (person)
+- J.D. Ford — coauthor (person)
+- Kyle Walker — coauthor (person)
+- La Keisha Jackson — coauthor (person)
+- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
+- Rodney Pol — coauthor (person)
+- Sheila Klinker — cosponsor (person)
+- Shelli Yoder — coauthor (person)
+- Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)
+- Vaneta Becker — coauthor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2025-01-08** Authored by Senator Alting
+- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-01-16** Senator Bohacek added as third author
+- **2025-01-16** Senators Johnson T and Doriot added as coauthors
+- **2025-01-16** Senator Walker K added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-16** Senator Yoder added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-16** Senator Ford J.D. added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-16** Senator Freeman added as second author
+- **2025-01-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-21** Senators Pol, Clark, Taylor G added as coauthors
+- **2025-01-23** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-23** Placed back on second reading
+- **2025-01-27** Reread second time: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-01-27** Senator Bassler added as coauthor
+- **2025-01-28** House sponsor: Representative McNamara
+- **2025-01-28** Senators Becker and Jackson L added as coauthors
+- **2025-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 28: yeas 43, nays 6 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-01-28** Cosponsors: Representatives Hamilton and Klinker
+- **2025-01-29** Referred to the House `referral`
+- **2025-01-29** Senator Qaddoura added as coauthor
+- **2025-03-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2025-03-13** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2025-03-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2025-03-21** Returned to the Senate without amendments `receipt`
+- **2025-03-20** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 279: yeas 87, nays 3 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2025-03-24** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2025-03-24** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2025-04-03** Public Law 19 `became-law`
+- **2025-04-03** 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/9481952a-6795-479b-b5aa-e93192a77618`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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