Indiana Senate Bill 218 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: Engrossed on January 16 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-02-26 - First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
Pending: House Natural Resources Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Watercraft accidents. Provides that an operator of a boat who is involved in an accident or collision resulting in injury to or death of a person or damage to a boat or other property (operator) shall: (1) if it can be done without endangering a person, stop the boat immediately and as close as possible to the scene of the accident; and (2) if it can be done without endangering a person, return to the scene of the accident and remain there until the operator has complied with the statutory requirements concerning watercraft accidents. Specifies that the operator shall notify emergency services in addition to providing reasonable assistance to each person injured. Requires that an operator make a reasonable and good faith effort to assist a person injured in a collision. Provides, however, that an operator is not required to perform an act that would endanger a person.

Watercraft accidents. Provides that an operator of a boat who is involved in an accident or collision resulting in injury to or death of a person or damage to a boat or other property (operator) shall: (1) if it can be done without endangering a person, stop the boat immediately and as close as possible to the scene of the accident; and (2) if it can be done without endangering a person, return to the scene of the accident and remain there until the operator has complied with the statutory requirements concerning watercraft accidents. Specifies that the operator shall notify emergency services in addition to providing reasonable assistance to each person injured. Requires that an operator make a reasonable and good faith effort to assist a person injured in a collision. Provides, however, that an operator is not required to perform an act that would endanger a person.

Sen. James Merritt [R]	Sen. Blake Doriot [R]	Sen. Lonnie Randolph [D]	Rep. Todd Huston [R]
Rep. Heath VanNatter [R]

2019-01-15 - Senate - Third reading (Y: 50 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2019-01-08 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-26	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
2019-01-16	Senate	Referred to the House
2019-01-15	Senate	Senator Doriot added as second author
2019-01-15	Senate	Cosponsor: Representative VanNatter
2019-01-15	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Huston
2019-01-15	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 14: yeas 50, nays 0
2019-01-14	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-01-10	Senate	Senator Randolph added as coauthor
2019-01-10	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2019-01-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2019-01-03	Senate	Authored by Senator Merritt

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/senate/218/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/1/5/2/1152011c/SB0218.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/8/2/3/9823d4a9/SB0218.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/f/7/2/bf72637d/SB0218.02.COMS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/f/f/d/0ffd6902/SB0218.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/c/6/1/dc6180f0/SB0218.14.pdf