Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation SB0033
Legislation Overview
Title: Houses of worship and firearms. Permits a person who may legally possess a firearm to possess a firearm on school property, unless prohibited by the house of worship, if the person possesses the firearm: (1) as an employee or volunteer of a house of worship located on the school property; or (2) while attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship. Excludes certain nonexclusive uses of school property from the statutory definition of "school property".
Description: Houses of worship and firearms. Permits a person who may legally possess a firearm to possess a firearm on school property, unless prohibited by the house of worship, if the person possesses the firearm: (1) as an employee or volunteer of a house of worship located on the school property; or (2) while attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship. Excludes certain nonexclusive uses of school property from the statutory definition of "school property".
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Last Action Date: February 22, 2018
Sponsors
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7 sponsors: Jack Sandlin (R); James Tomes (R); John Crane (R); Mike Speedy (R); Gerald Torr (R); Milo Smith (R); Ronald Bacon (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 14% (7 of 50)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 22, 2018 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| House | Feb 12, 2018 | First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy |
| Senate | Feb 7, 2018 | Referred to the House |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2018 | Cosponsors: Representatives Torr, Smith, M. and Bacon |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2018 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 154: yeas 43, nays 5 |
| Senate | Feb 6, 2018 | House sponsor: Representative Speedy |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2018 | Senator Crane added as coauthor |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2018 | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2018 | Amendment #1 (Sandlin) prevailed; voice vote |
| Senate | Feb 1, 2018 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| Senate | Jan 8, 2018 | Senator Tomes added as second author |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2018 | Authored by Senator Sandlin |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2018 | First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Amended | Feb 22, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | Feb 22, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | Feb 5, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Feb 5, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Feb 1, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Feb 1, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Dec 28, 2017 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Senate - Committee Vote
Senate - Third reading
House - Committee Vote
Link: link to state bill page
