Underage drinkers in Indiana could soon receive legal protection during medical emergencies.
State lawmakers passed a bill to expand the Lifeline Law, which now awaits the governor’s signature.
The current law protects only the person who calls 9-1-1 to help someone underage with alcohol poisoning.
The updated version would also protect the person in medical danger from underage drinking charges.
Purdue Student Body Vice President Rebecca Siener helped lead the push for change.
Opponents of the bill claim it could encourage more underage drinking.
Siener disagrees.
She and proponents of the change say they plan to keep working to make campuses safer across the state.
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