Senate Bill No. 7 Summary

• Establishes a fallen Indiana firefighter license plate program, effective January 1, 2014, available to family members of firefighters who died in service.

• Expands the definition of "Indiana firefighter" to include part-time, compensated firefighters in addition to full-time salaried and volunteer firefighters, making this definition applicable throughout motor vehicle law.

• Extends criminal law protections for firefighters by including part-time, compensated firefighters in battery statutes, interfering with firefighting statutes, and laser pointer regulations.

• Repeals the firefighter definition previously limited to IC 9-18-34 and relocates it to IC 9-13-2-77.5 for statewide application across motor vehicle and criminal codes.

• Specifies that the fallen Indiana firefighter license plate is not classified as a special group recognition license plate under IC 9-18-25.