republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-253.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 253	Indiana SB 253 (2024)	bill	HEALTH; Emergency Medical Services (EMS) LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Generally NATURAL RESOURCES; Lakes Ponds and Reservoirs	enacted	Jim Pressel Rodney Pol Susan Glick	4	27	3	2024-01-11	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/c3084386-219a-4647-b949-4e615016db3c	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0253	e750bbe47928c3bd2b88b1d54e086b2d1dde1e925a237637b1c5e602407b0d7e	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 253 (2024) — 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.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 253 - Pressel - 3rd Reading — 95–0 (pass) · lower
• SB 253 - Pol - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• SB 253 - Pol — 44–0 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Jim Pressel — primary (person)
• Rodney Pol — primary (person)
• Susan Glick — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
• Chuck Moseley — cosponsor (person)
• Dan Dernulc — coauthor (person)
• David Vinzant — coauthor (person)
• Fady Qaddoura — coauthor (person)
• James Buck — coauthor (person)
• James Tomes — coauthor (person)
• Jean Leising — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Mike Andrade — cosponsor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
• Pat Boy — cosponsor (person)
• Scott Alexander — coauthor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

• 2024-01-11 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-11 Authored by Senator Pol
• 2024-01-16 Senator Glick added as second author
• 2024-01-22 Senator Bohacek added as coauthor
• 2024-01-29 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Senators Leising, Qaddoura, Alexander added as coauthors
• 2024-01-29 Senators Vinzant, Tomes, Doriot, Randolph added as coauthors
• 2024-01-29 Senator Dernulc added as coauthor
• 2024-02-05 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Amendment #1 (Pol) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2024-02-06 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 140: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 House sponsor: Representative Pressel
• 2024-02-06 Cosponsors: Representatives Andrade, Moseley, Boy
• 2024-02-06 Senator Buck added as coauthor
• 2024-02-07 Referred to the House referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-28 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 95, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2024-02-29 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 243: yeas 44, nays 0
• 2024-03-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 35 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/c3084386-219a-4647-b949-4e615016db3c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).