Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation SB0014
Legislation Overview
Title: Right of certain persons to carry a handgun in the statehouse and state capitol complex.
Subject: FIREARMS AND WEAPONS
Description: Right of certain persons to carry a handgun in the statehouse and state capitol complex. Allows: (1) certain statewide elected officials; (2) members of the general assembly; (3) members of the Indiana lobby registration commission; (4) professional staff of the general assembly; and (5) employees of certain statewide elected offices; to carry a handgun in the statehouse or on the property of the state capitol complex under certain circumstances.
Session: 2024 Regular Session
Last Action: Representative Torr added as cosponsor
Last Action Date: February 15, 2024
Sponsors
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16 sponsors: James Tomes (R); Mike Bohacek (R); Mark Messmer (R); Justin Busch (R); Blake Doriot (R); Gary Byrne (R); James Buck (R); Jean Leising (R); Eric Koch (R); Michael Young (R); Tyler Johnson (R); John Crane (R); Craig Haggard (R); Robert Heaton (R); Alex Zimmerman (R);Gerald Torr (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 32% (16 of 50)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 15, 2024 | Representative Torr added as cosponsor |
| House | Feb 6, 2024 | First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy |
| House | Feb 5, 2024 | Representative Lucas removed as cosponsor |
| Senate | Jan 31, 2024 | Referred to the House |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2024 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 40: yeas 40, nays 9 |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2024 | Senator Crane added as coauthor |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2024 | Cosponsors: Representatives Heaton, Lucas, Zimmerman |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2024 | House sponsor: Representative Haggard |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2024 | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2024 | Amendment #2 (Young M) prevailed; voice vote |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2024 | Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed; Roll Call 28: yeas 39, nays 8 |
| Senate | Jan 22, 2024 | Senator Johnson T added as coauthor |
| Senate | Jan 16, 2024 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2024 | Senators Doriot, Byrne, Buck, Leising, Koch, Young M added as coauthors |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2024 | Senator Messmer added as third author |
| Senate | Jan 9, 2024 | Senator Busch added as coauthor |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2024 | First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2024 | Authored by Senators Tomes and Bohacek |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Engrossed | Jan 25, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Comm Sub | Jan 16, 2024 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Dec 21, 2023 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| Senate Amendment #6 | Senate Amendment #6 | Jan 25, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate Amendment #5 | Senate Amendment #5 | Jan 25, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate Amendment #4 | Senate Amendment #4 | Jan 25, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate Amendment #3 | Senate Amendment #3 | Jan 25, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | Yes |
| Senate Amendment #2 | Senate Amendment #2 | Jan 18, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate Amendment #1 | Senate Amendment #1 | Jan 17, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
| Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Amendment #1 | Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Amendment #1 | Jan 16, 2024 | State Link | amendment text | No |
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate - Amendment #3 (Freeman) prevailed | 01/25/2024 | 39 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Yes |
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| Senate - Third reading | 01/29/2024 | 40 | 9 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
