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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 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. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2025 SB 74 Indiana SB 74 (2025)
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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
enacted
Aaron Freeman
Mike Bohacek
Ron Alting
Wendy McNamara
4 31 2 2025-01-08 2025-04-03 openstates ocd-bill/9481952a-6795-479b-b5aa-e93192a77618 https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/sb0074 4680e0d2462b81ff39c9b4dd7ddee6024ffcd689f27a1074eab515a613f719f1 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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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
  2. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
  3. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
  4. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SB 74 - McNamara - 3rd Reading — 873 (pass) · lower
  • SB 74 - Alting - 3rd Reading — 436 (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; origin ocd-bill/9481952a-6795-479b-b5aa-e93192a77618. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).