republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/sb-281.md

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type	title	description	jurisdiction	legislature	session	identifier	citation	classification	subjects	status	primary_sponsors	version_count	action_count	vote_count	first_action	last_action	source	source_identifier	source_url	source_hash	vintage	source_snapshot	retrieved_at	confidence	tags
Bill	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.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	SB 281	Indiana SB 281 (2024)	bill	CHILDREN AND MINORS; Generally HEALTH; Generally TRANSPORTATION; Landcraft	enacted	Mark Messmer Michael Crider Shane Lindauer	4	19	2	2024-01-16	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/f824fa9c-7a24-44c3-bdca-990d35789545	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/sb0281	a3e9cc84e93674f4dd4e2ee3dd9c1e73148b23c991caafbd6fdd4acd5d1e82e4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/f824fa9c-7a24-44c3-bdca-990d35789545. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).