Indiana 2025 Regular Session

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Old	New		Differences
1	1		HC1003
2		-	~~April 2~~, 2025
	2	+	January 21, 2025
3	3		HOUSE CONCURRENT
4	4		RESOLUTION No. 2
5	5		DIGEST OF RESOLUTION
6	6		A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
7	7		Department of Transportation to rename that portion of U.S.
8	8		Highway 31 from Smith Valley Road to County Line Road the
9	9		"State Trooper Aaron Smith Memorial Highway".
10	10		Davis, Haggard
11		-	(SENATE SPONSORS — CARRASCO, FREEMAN)
12	11		January 8, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
13	12		January 21, 2025, reported — Do Pass.
14		-	January 27, 2025, read second time, passed. Yeas 96, nays 0.
15		-	SENATE ACTION
16		-	January 30, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and
17		-	Transportation.
18		-	April 1, 2025, reported favorably — Do Pass.
19		-	HC 2—HC 1003/DI 140 April 2, 2025
	13	+	HC 2—HC 1003/DI 140 January 21, 2025
20	14		First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
21	15		HOUSE CONCURRENT
22	16		RESOLUTION No. 2
23	17		1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
24	18		2 Department of Transportation to rename that portion of U.S.
25	19		3 Highway 31 from Smith Valley Road to County Line Road the
26	20		4 "State Trooper Aaron Smith Memorial Highway".
27	21		5 Whereas, State Trooper Aaron Smith was tragically killed on
28	22		6 June 28, 2023, while assisting fellow troopers who were in a
29	23		7 pursuit of a stolen vehicle on Ronald Reagan Parkway, north
30	24		8 of I-70, in Hendricks County;
31	25		9 Whereas, State Trooper Aaron Smith grew up in Johnson
32	26		10 County and went on to serve in the United States Army
33	27		11 National Guard where he received awards for his service;
34	28		12 Whereas, Following his time in the National Guard, State
35	29		13 Trooper Smith joined the Indiana State Police where he served
36	30		14 for five years, also earning two Lifesaving Awards;
37	31		15 Whereas, Trooper Smith seemed to go above and beyond in
38	32		16 any duty that called. When tornados hit his hometown in
39	33		17 Johnson County, he was there to help the community and pick
40	34		18 up debris;
41	35		19 Whereas, It takes a special individual to serve in the variety
42	36		20 of capacities that Trooper Smith did, both with the United
43	37		21 States Army National Guard and the Indiana State Police. This
44	38		22 selfless service is commendable and an example of what public
45	39		23 service looks like; and
46	40		24 Whereas, State Trooper Aaron Smith knew he wanted to serve
47	41		25 his community from a young age, and he wanted to be a police
48	42		HC 2—HC 1003/DI 140 2
49	43		1 officer since the age of six. Trooper Smith was the definition of
50	44		2 a truly humble public servant who always put others before
51	45		3 himself: Therefore,
52	46		4 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives
53	47		5 of the General Assembly of the State of Indiana,
54	48		6 the Senate concurring:
55	49		7 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the
56	50		8 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of
57	51		9 U.S. Highway 31 from Smith Valley Road to County Line Road
58	52		10 the "State Trooper Aaron Smith Memorial Highway".
59	53		11 SECTION 2. That the Principal Clerk of the House of
60	54		12 Representatives shall transmit copies of this resolution to the
61	55		13 Commissioner of the Indiana Department of Transportation.
62	56		HC 2—HC 1003/DI 140 3
63	57		COMMITTEE REPORT
64	58		Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Roads and Transportation, to
65	59		which was referred House Concurrent Resolution 2, has had the same
66	60		under consideration and begs leave to report the same back to the
67	61		House with the recommendation that said resolution do pass.
68	62		(Reference is to HC 2 as printed January 8, 2025.)
69	63		PRESSEL
70	64		Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
71		-	_____
72		-	COMMITTEE REPORT
73		-	Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and
74		-	Transportation, to which was referred House Concurrent Resolution
75		-	No. 2, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report
76		-	the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that said
77		-	resolution DO PASS.
78		-	(Reference is to HC 2 as printed January 21, 2025.)
79		-
80		-	CRIDER, Chairperson
81		-	Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
82	65		HC 2—HC 1003/DI 140