2 | 2 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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3 | 3 | | RESOLUTION No. 11 |
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4 | 4 | | DIGEST OF RESOLUTION |
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5 | 5 | | A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department |
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6 | 6 | | of Transportation to rename the bridge over Big Walnut Creek at North |
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7 | 7 | | U.S. Highway 231 as the "James Baugh Memorial Bridge". |
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8 | 8 | | Clark, Alexander, Alting, Baldwin, |
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9 | 9 | | Bassler, Becker, Bohacek, Bray, Brown L, |
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10 | 10 | | Buchanan, Buck, Busch, Byrne, Carrasco, |
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11 | 11 | | Charbonneau, Crider, Deery, Dernulc, |
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12 | 12 | | Donato, Doriot, Ford J.D., Freeman, |
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13 | 13 | | Garten, Gaskill, Glick, Goode, Holdman, |
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14 | 14 | | Hunley, Jackson L, Johnson T, Koch, |
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15 | 15 | | Leising, Maxwell, Mishler, Niemeyer, |
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16 | 16 | | Niezgodski, Pol Jr., Qaddoura, Raatz, |
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17 | 17 | | Randolph Lonnie M, Rogers, Schmitt, |
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18 | 18 | | Spencer, Taylor G, Tomes, Walker G, |
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19 | 19 | | Walker K, Yoder, Young M, Zay |
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20 | 20 | | (HOUSE SPONSORS — HAGGARD, PRESSEL, PFAFF, GORE) |
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21 | 21 | | January 30, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and |
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22 | 22 | | Transportation. |
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23 | 23 | | February 11, 2025, reported favorably — Do Pass. |
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24 | 24 | | February 13, 2025, read second time, adopted by voice vote. |
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25 | 25 | | HOUSE ACTION |
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26 | 26 | | February 17, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation. |
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29 | 28 | | First Regular Session 124th General Assembly (2025) |
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30 | 29 | | SENATE CONCURRENT |
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31 | 30 | | RESOLUTION No. 11 |
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32 | 31 | | 1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana |
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33 | 32 | | 2 Department of Transportation to rename the bridge over Big |
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34 | 33 | | 3 Walnut Creek at North U.S. Highway 231 the "James Baugh |
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35 | 34 | | 4 Memorial Bridge". |
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36 | 35 | | 5 Whereas, Captain James Ephriam "Jim" Baugh was born |
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37 | 36 | | 6 on April 25, 1943, in Morgan County, Indiana, to Gale H. |
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38 | 37 | | 7 Baugh and E. Evelyn Branneman Baugh; |
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39 | 38 | | 8 Whereas, Captain Baugh was a 1961 graduate of Belle |
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40 | 39 | | 9 Union High School and served in the United States Air Force |
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41 | 40 | | 10 from 1963 to 1966, achieving the rank of Airman Second Class |
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42 | 41 | | 11 and returning to civilian life as a Vietnam War veteran; |
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43 | 42 | | 12 Whereas, After completing his enlistment commitment, |
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44 | 43 | | 13 Captain Baugh returned to Putnam County to begin his law |
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45 | 44 | | 14 enforcement career, first with the Greencastle Police |
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46 | 45 | | 15 Department, then transferring to the Putnam County Sheriff's |
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47 | 46 | | 16 Office, where he served in various capacities to include the |
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48 | 47 | | 17 Putnam County Sheriff from 1975 to 1982; |
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49 | 48 | | 18 Whereas, Captain Baugh served 32 years from 1972 to |
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50 | 49 | | 19 2004 and achieved the rank of captain; |
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51 | 50 | | 20 Whereas, Captain Baugh served with a number of |
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52 | 51 | | 21 professional organizations, including as an officer and board |
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53 | 52 | | 22 member of the Indiana Police Firearms Training Association, |
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54 | 53 | | 23 board member of the Indiana Sheriffs Association, and as an |
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55 | 54 | | 24 adjunct staff instructor at the Indiana Law Enforcement |
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56 | 55 | | 25 Academy; |
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57 | 56 | | SC 11—RC 1502/DI BB 2 |
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58 | 57 | | 1 Whereas, Outside of his work within law enforcement, |
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59 | 58 | | 2 Captain Baugh was a member of Greencastle Christian |
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60 | 59 | | 3 Church, Temple Lodge 47 of Free and Accepted Masons at |
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61 | 60 | | 4 Greencastle, Scottish Rite Valley of Terre Haute, Putnam |
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62 | 61 | | 5 County Fraternal Order of Police, American Society of Law |
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63 | 62 | | 6 Enforcement Training, and International Association of Law |
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64 | 63 | | 7 Enforcement Firearms Instructors; |
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65 | 64 | | 8 Whereas, On Friday, January 2, 2004, Captain Baugh was |
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66 | 65 | | 9 responding to a minor property-damage accident when he lost |
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67 | 66 | | 10 control of his patrol car, which overturned into Big Walnut |
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68 | 67 | | 11 Creek; |
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69 | 68 | | 12 Whereas, As a result of the accident, Captain Baugh paid |
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70 | 69 | | 13 the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty just four short months |
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71 | 70 | | 14 prior to his historic retirement; |
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72 | 71 | | 15 Whereas, Captain Baugh is survived by his wife of 39 |
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73 | 72 | | 16 years, Lauralee, and his sons Jason and Jerrod; and |
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74 | 73 | | 17 Whereas, It is fitting for the Indiana Department of |
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75 | 74 | | 18 Transportation to rename the bridge over Big Walnut Creek at |
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76 | 75 | | 19 North U.S. Highway 231 in honor of Captain Baugh's lifetime |
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77 | 76 | | 20 of service and dedication to Putnam County and the State of |
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78 | 77 | | 21 Indiana: Therefore, |
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79 | 78 | | 22 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly |
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80 | 79 | | 23 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives |
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81 | 80 | | 24 concurring: |
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82 | 81 | | 25 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the |
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83 | 82 | | 26 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the bridge over |
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84 | 83 | | 27 Big Walnut Creek at North U.S. Highway 231 the "James |
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85 | 84 | | 28 Baugh Memorial Bridge". |
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86 | 85 | | 29 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is hereby directed |
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87 | 86 | | 30 to transmit copies of this Resolution to the family of James |
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88 | 87 | | 31 Baugh and the Commissioner of the Indiana Department of |
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89 | 88 | | 32 Transportation. |
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90 | 89 | | SC 11—RC 1502/DI BB 3 |
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91 | 90 | | COMMITTEE REPORT |
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92 | 91 | | Mr. President: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and |
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93 | 92 | | Transportation, to which was referred Senate Concurrent Resolution |
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94 | 93 | | No. 11, has had the same under consideration and begs leave to report |
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95 | 94 | | the same back to the Senate with the recommendation that said |
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96 | 95 | | resolution DO PASS. |
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97 | 96 | | (Reference is to SC 11 as introduced.) |
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98 | 97 | | |
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99 | 98 | | CRIDER, Chairperson |
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100 | 99 | | Committee Vote: Yeas 8, Nays 0 |
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