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