Indiana legislation · 2026 Regular Session
Indiana HCR2: Urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of U.S. Highway 30 from mile marker 15 to mile marker 16 the "Sergeant William Gilbert Paterson Memorial Mile".
Status: Passed both chambers, February 10, 2026
What the bill says
A concurrent resolution urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of U.S. Highway 30 from mile marker 15 to mile marker 16 the "Sergeant William Gilbert Paterson Memorial Mile". Olthoff, Lawson, Andrade (SENATE SPONSORS -- SPENCER, DERNULC) December 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation. January 8, 2026, reported -- Do Pass. January 12, 2026, read second time, passed. Yeas 93, nays 0. SENATE ACTION January 13, 2026, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation…
From the amended text:
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of U.S. Highway 30 from mile marker 15 to mile marker 16 the "Sergeant William Gilbert Paterson Memorial Mile". Olthoff, Lawson, Andrade (SENATE SPONSORS -- SPENCER, DERNULC) December 5, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation. January 8, 2026, reported -- Do Pass. January 12, 2026, read second time, passed. Yeas 93, nays 0. SENATE ACTION January 13, 2026, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and Transportation. February 3, 2026, reported favorably -- Do Pass. HC 2--HC 1004/DI February 4, 2026 Second Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2026) HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION No. A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department of Transportation to rename that portion of U.S. Highway 30 from mile marker 15 to mile marker 16 the "Sergeant William Gilbert Paterson Memorial Mile". Whereas, Sergeant William Gilbert Paterson was tragically killed on January 25, 1994, in a two-vehicle accident during a high-speed pursuit of a stolen vehicle as it entered into Lake County from Porter County; Whereas, Sergeant William Gilbert Paterson was born on January 12, 1950, in Gary, Indiana, and he graduated from Hobart High School in 1968, attending Indiana University Northwest for three years afterwards; Whereas, Sergeant Paterson was employed by the Lake …