February 23, 2023
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 6
DIGEST OF RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department
of Transportation to rename a section of State Road 135 in Harrison
County between School Lane Northeast and Buffalo Trace Road the
"Jacob T. McClanahan Memorial Mile".
Byrne, Messmer
(HOUSE SPONSORS — ENGLEMAN, BARTELS)
January 23, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and
Transportation.
February 7, 2023, reported favorably — Do Pass.
February 16, 2023, read second time, adopted by standing vote.
HOUSE ACTION
February 23, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
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First Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2023)
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 6
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
2 Department of Transportation to rename a section of State Road
3 135 in Harrison County between School Lane Northeast and
4 Buffalo Trace Road the "Jacob T. McClanahan Memorial
5 Mile".
6 Whereas, Jacob T. McClanahan was born November 3,
7 1997, in Corydon, Indiana, to Marty D. and Deborah Miller
8 McClanahan;
9 Whereas, Jacob graduated from Corydon Central High
10 School in 2016 and dedicated his life to working with and
11 serving the Harrison County community ever since he could
12 legally drive;
13 Whereas, Jacob worked as a truck driver for the Harrison
14 County Highway Department and volunteered at the Ramsey
15 Volunteer Fire Department, the Harrison Township Volunteer
16 Fire Department, the New Middletown Volunteer Fire
17 Department, and the Leavenworth Fire Department;
18 Whereas, On the evening of May 16, 2022, Jacob and a
19 friend were driving on Highway 135 near Palmyra, Indiana,
20 when they pulled over to assist a stranded motorist who had
21 run out of gas and remained partially in the roadway;
22 Whereas, While Jacob worked to help direct traffic around
23 the scene, the stranded driver pulled out a shotgun and fired
24 towards a Palmyra Police Reserve Officer who had been
25 assisting the driver, but the bullet fatally struck 24-year-old
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1 Jacob instead; and
2 Whereas, Jacob's lifelong contributions and sacrifice to his
3 hometown should be celebrated and remembered by family,
4 friends, and those traveling through Harrison County for years
5 to come: Therefore,
6 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly
7 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives
8 concurring:
9 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the
10 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a section of
11 State Road 135 in Harrison County between School Lane
12 Northeast and Buffalo Trace Road the "Jacob T. McClanahan
13 Memorial Mile".
14 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed
15 to transmit copies of this Resolution to the family of Jacob T.
16 McClanahan and the Commissioner of the Indiana Department
17 of Transportation.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Madam President: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security
and Transportation, to which was referred Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 6, has had the same under consideration and begs leave
to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that
said resolution DO PASS.
(Reference is to SC 6 as introduced.)
CRIDER, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
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