March 4, 2021
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 8
DIGEST OF RESOLUTION
A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana Department
of Transportation to rename a section of State Road 218 from County
Road 500 E in Cass County to US 31 in Miami County as "The
Honorable Richard A. Maughmer Highway".
Donato, Buck
(HOUSE SPONSORS — VANNATTER, MANNING)
February 4, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Homeland Security and
Transportation.
February 9, 2021, reported favorably — Do Pass.
February 11, 2021, read second time, adopted by voice vote.
HOUSE ACTION
February 22, 2021, read first time and referred to Committee on Roads and Transportation.
March 4, 2021, reported — Do Pass.
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 March 4, 2021
First Regular Session 122nd General Assembly (2021)
SENATE CONCURRENT
RESOLUTION No. 8
1 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION urging the Indiana
2 Department of Transportation to rename a section of State Road
3 218 from County Road 500 E in Cass County to US 31 in
4 Miami County as the "The Honorable Richard A. Maughmer
5 Highway".
6 Whereas, Judge Richard Maughmer was born on December
7 2, 1953, in Cass County, Indiana, to Ned and Janice
8 Maughmer;
9 Whereas, On September 16, 2019, Judge Maughmer passed
10 away at the age of 65;
11 Whereas, Judge Maughmer graduated from Lewis Cass
12 High School in 1972, and shortly thereafter joined the United
13 States Air Force;
14 Whereas, Judge Maughmer continued to serve in the United
15 States Air Force for 37 years in both active duty and in reserve
16 capacity, and he retired with the rank of colonel in 2009;
17 Whereas, Alongside his military service, Judge Maughmer
18 began working in the Cass County Prosecutor's Office in 1983,
19 and in 1986, Governor Robert Orr appointed him as Cass
20 County Prosecutor;
21 Whereas, Judge Maughmer joined the bench in 2001, where
22 he went on to serve the people of Cass County for almost two
23 decades;
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1 Whereas, Judge Maughmer was active in developing the
2 legal community and advancing the profession through his
3 service as the Chair of the Judicial Administration Committee,
4 as member on the Board of Directors of the Judicial
5 Conference of Indiana, and as a member of the Indiana Judges
6 Association and the Indiana Judges Association Civil
7 Instructions Committee; and
8 Whereas, It is appropriate that the portion of State Road
9 218 from County Road 500 E in Cass County to US 31 in
10 Miami County commemorate Judge Richard Maughmer and his
11 many contributions to the State of Indiana and the United
12 States of America: Therefore,
13 Be it resolved by the Senate of the General Assembly
14 of the State of Indiana, the House of Representatives
15 concurring:
16 SECTION 1. That the Indiana General Assembly urges the
17 Indiana Department of Transportation to rename the section of
18 State Road 218 from County Road 500 E in Cass County to US
19 31 in Miami County as the "The Honorable Richard A.
20 Maughmer Highway".
21 SECTION 2. The Secretary of the Senate is directed to
22 transmit a copy of this Resolution to the Commissioner of the
23 Indiana Department of Transportation.
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Madam President: The Senate Committee on Homeland Security
and Transportation, to which was referred Senate Concurrent
Resolution No. 8, 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 8 as introduced.)
CRIDER, Chairperson
Committee Vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0
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COMMITTEE REPORT
Mr. Speaker: Your Committee on Roads and Transportation, to
which was referred Senate Concurrent Resolution 8, 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 8 as printed February 22, 2021.)
PRESSEL
Committee Vote: Yeas 9, Nays 0
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