IndianaIndiana lawmakers urge state to rename Bloomington road for Bob Knight
The Indiana General Assembly urges the state transportation department to call a section of State Road 45 in Bloomington “Bob Knight Memorial Way.”
What it does
Lawmakers ask Indiana’s transportation department to call State Road 45 between College Avenue and Fee Lane in Bloomington “Bob Knight Memorial Way.” The request does not itself rename the road.
Argument forIf the department agrees, the road name could honor Bob Knight’s long history as Indiana University’s basketball coach.
Argument againstIf the department adopts the name, people who use the road could find directions less clear when only this stretch has a different name.
More detail
The Indiana General Assembly urges the state transportation department to rename this stretch of road. The request covers State Road 45 between College Avenue and Fee Lane in Bloomington. The resolution asks the department to act but does not require it to rename the road.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed 1st Chamber
- Passed 2nd Chamber
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Feb 6Returned to the HouseLatest
- Feb 5Senators Alexander, Alting, Baldwin, Bassler, Becker, Bohacek, Bray, Brown L, Buchanan, Buck, Busch, Byrne, Carrasco, Charbonneau, Clark, Crider, Deery, Dernulc, Donato, Doriot, Ford J.D., Freeman, Garten, Gaskill, Glick, Goode, Holdman, Hunley, Jackson L, Johnson T, Leising, Maxwell, Mishler, Niemeyer, Niezgodski, Pol, Qaddoura, Raatz, Randolph, Rogers, Schmitt, Spencer, Taylor G, Tomes, Walker G, Walker K, Yoder, Young M added as cosponsors
- Feb 5Second reading: adopted voice votePassed 2nd Chamber
- Feb 3Committee report: do pass, adoptedMinor
- Jan 15First reading: referred to Committee on Homeland Security and TransportationMinor
- Jan 14Referred to the SenateMinor
- Jan 13Representative Criswell added as coauthor
- Vote recorded HCR 4 - Mayfield. Result: pass.Lower
- Jan 13Second reading: adopted Roll Call 46: yeas 86, nays 0Passed 1st Chamber
- Jan 13Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
- Jan 12Representative Criswell removed as coauthor
- Jan 12Representative Heaton added as coauthor
- Jan 8Committee report: do pass, adoptedMinor
- Jan 5Coauthored by Representatives May, Criswell
- Jan 5First reading: referred to the Committee on Roads and TransportationMinor
- Jan 5Authored by Representative MayfieldIntroduced
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