| 2 | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
|---|
| 3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION No. 10 |
|---|
| 4 | 4 | | DIGEST OF RESOLUTION |
|---|
| 5 | 5 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department |
|---|
| 6 | 6 | | of Transportation to rename a bridge overpass over US 31 in Marshall |
|---|
| 7 | 7 | | County the "Owen Abbott Memorial Bridge". |
|---|
| 8 | 8 | | Doriot, Bohacek, Donato, Mishler, |
|---|
| 9 | 9 | | Niezgodski, Rogers |
|---|
| 10 | 10 | | (HOUSE SPONSORS — MILLER D, JORDAN, KING, SPEEDY) |
|---|
| 11 | 11 | | January 18, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and |
|---|
| 12 | 12 | | Transportation. |
|---|
| 13 | 13 | | January 30, 2024, reported favorably — Do Pass. |
|---|
| 14 | 14 | | February 1, 2024, read second time, adopted by voice vote. |
|---|
| 15 | 15 | | HOUSE ACTION |
|---|
| 16 | 16 | | February 12, 2024, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation. |
|---|
| 19 | 18 | | Second Regular Session 123rd General Assembly (2024) |
|---|
| 20 | 19 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
|---|
| 21 | 20 | | RESOLUTION No. 10 |
|---|
| 22 | 21 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana |
|---|
| 23 | 22 | | 2 Department of Transportation to rename a railroad bridge |
|---|
| 24 | 23 | | 3 overpass over US 31 in Marshall County the "Owen Abbott |
|---|
| 25 | 24 | | 4 Memorial Bridge". |
|---|
| 26 | 25 | | 5 Whereas, Owen Abbott was born May 2, 2005, in Winamac, |
|---|
| 27 | 26 | | 6 Indiana, to Dean Abbott, Jr., and Britni Fritz; |
|---|
| 28 | 27 | | 7 Whereas, An active eighth-grade student at Winamac |
|---|
| 29 | 28 | | 8 Community Middle School, Owen was a member of the school |
|---|
| 30 | 29 | | 9 football team, played baseball for Star City Little League on the |
|---|
| 31 | 30 | | 10 All-Star team, was a member of the Pulaski County 4-H |
|---|
| 32 | 31 | | 11 program, and enjoyed both hunting and shooting; |
|---|
| 33 | 32 | | 12 Whereas, On December 5, 2018, Owen was traveling to |
|---|
| 34 | 33 | | 13 Warsaw on a field trip with other Winamac Community Middle |
|---|
| 35 | 34 | | 14 School students when the school bus he was riding in made a |
|---|
| 36 | 35 | | 15 mandatory stop at a rail crossing on US 31 near Argos, |
|---|
| 37 | 36 | | 16 Indiana, and was hit from behind by a truck driver, fatally |
|---|
| 38 | 37 | | 17 injuring Owen; |
|---|
| 39 | 38 | | 18 Whereas, Between 2018 and 2022, there were seven major |
|---|
| 40 | 39 | | 19 crashes involving vehicles legally required to stop at this |
|---|
| 41 | 40 | | 20 particular railroad crossing, resulting in 38 injuries and the |
|---|
| 42 | 41 | | 21 loss of Owen; |
|---|
| 43 | 42 | | 22 Whereas, On April 21, 2023, The Indiana Department of |
|---|
| 44 | 43 | | 23 Transportation (INDOT) broke ground to begin a $28 million |
|---|
| 45 | 44 | | 24 project including the construction of a railroad overpass in |
|---|
| 46 | 45 | | 25 place of the dangerous intersection, with an expectation for the |
|---|
| 47 | 46 | | SC 10—RC 1512/DI SM 2 |
|---|
| 48 | 47 | | 1 overpass to prevent similar tragedies in the future; and |
|---|
| 49 | 48 | | 2 Whereas, It is fitting for INDOT and the State of Indiana to |
|---|
| 50 | 49 | | 3 honor Owen by naming the new railroad bridge overpass over |
|---|
| 51 | 50 | | 4 US 31 in Marshall County the "Owen Abbott Memorial |
|---|
| 52 | 51 | | 5 Bridge": Therefore, |
|---|
| 53 | 52 | | 6 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
|---|
| 54 | 53 | | 7 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
|---|
| 55 | 54 | | 8 concurring: |
|---|
| 56 | 55 | | 9 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the |
|---|
| 57 | 56 | | 10 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename a bridge |
|---|
| 58 | 57 | | 11 overpass over US 31 in Marshall County the "Owen Abbott |
|---|
| 59 | 58 | | 12 Memorial Bridge". |
|---|
| 60 | 59 | | 13 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
|---|
| 61 | 60 | | 14 to transmit copies of this Resolution to Britni Fritz, Nick Fritz, |
|---|
| 62 | 61 | | 15 Dean Abbott, Jr., and the Commissioner of the Indiana |
|---|
| 63 | 62 | | 16 Department of Transportation. |
|---|
| 64 | 63 | | SC 10—RC 1512/DI SM 3 |
|---|
| 65 | 64 | | COMMITTEE REPORT |
|---|
| 66 | 65 | | Madam President: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security |
|---|
| 67 | 66 | | and Transportation, to which was referred Senate Concurrent |
|---|
| 68 | 67 | | Resolution No. 10, has had the same under consideration and begs |
|---|
| 69 | 68 | | leave to report the same back to the Senate with the recommendation |
|---|
| 70 | 69 | | that said resolution DO PASS. |
|---|
| 71 | 70 | | (Reference is to SC 10 as introduced.) |
|---|
| 72 | 71 | | |
|---|
| 73 | 72 | | CRIDER, Chairperson |
|---|
| 74 | 73 | | Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0 |
|---|