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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1423: Wake boarding and wake surfing.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1423 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Wake boarding and wake surfing. Primary sponsor: David Abbott (Republican). It lists 1 additional sponsor. Most recent recorded action (January 27, 2025): Representative Isa added as coauthor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Specifies restrictions that apply to wake boarding or wake surfing on a public freshwater lake. Establishes a penalty. Specifies restrictions that apply to wake boarding or wake surfing on a small lake. Prohibits operation of a motorboat with: (1) an outboard motor; or (2) an outdrive unit; with a propeller that extends past the motorboat's transom, swim platform, boarding platform, swim step, or swim ladder for the purpose of wake surfing.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 2

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
David AbbottPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Tony IsaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse51

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Representative Isa added as coauthor
  2. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
  3. Authored by Representative Abbott

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source