Indiana House Bill 1177 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 12-0)
Status: Passed on May 4 2023 - 100% progression
Action: 2023-05-04 - Public Law 218
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Firearms training for teachers. Authorizes funds from the: (1) Indiana secured school fund; and (2) school corporation and charter school safety advance program; to be used for the purpose of providing specialized firearms instruction to certain teachers, school staff, and school employees, and for providing counseling services to students, teachers, school staff, and school employees in the event of a school shooting. Creates a specialized firearms safety, education, and training curriculum (curriculum) for teachers, school staff, and school employees. Specifies curriculum requirements. Requires a charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation to ensure that a teacher, school staff member, or school employee who receives training funded by a grant from the Indiana secured school fund complies with certain requirements. Provides that the identity of any person who: (1) enrolls in; (2) participates in; or (3) completes; the curriculum is confidential. Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the state police department, to identify a set of best practices and develop a set of educational materials concerning the safe possession and storage of a firearm in a home with a child. Provides that the department of education shall provide the best practices and educational materials to certain schools for annual distribution to parents of students. Provides that a public school or a state accredited nonpublic school may not conduct a training or drill for an employee of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at the employee unless: (1) the school informs the employee of the use of projectiles in the training or drill; and (2) the employee provides written consent. Provides that certain schools may not conduct or approve a training or drill for a student of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at a student. Provides that the prohibition on the possession of a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus does not apply to certain qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers. Makes conforming and technical amendments.

Firearms training for teachers.

Rep. Jim Lucas [R]	Rep. Matthew Lehman [R]	Rep. Christopher Judy [R]	Rep. Jake Teshka [R]
Sen. Travis Holdman [R]	Sen. Chris Garten [R]	Sen. Scott Baldwin [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]
Sen. Gary Byrne [R]	Sen. Tyler Johnson [R]	Sen. John Crane [R]	Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]

2023-04-26 - Senate - Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 41 N: 8 NV: 1 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-26 - House - House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 (Y: 72 N: 22 NV: 1 Abs: 5) [PASS]
2023-04-18 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 42 N: 8 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2023-04-17 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #2 (Hunley) failed (Y: 15 N: 34 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2023-04-17 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #4 (Ford J.D.) failed (Y: 16 N: 33 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2023-04-17 - Senate - Senate - Amendment #5 (Ford J.D.) failed (Y: 10 N: 39 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [FAIL]
2023-02-14 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 71 N: 24 NV: 1 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2023-02-13 - House - House - Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed (Y: 30 N: 66 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [FAIL]
2023-02-13 - House - House - Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed (Y: 29 N: 67 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [FAIL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-05-04	House	Public Law 218
2023-05-04	House	Signed by the Governor
2023-05-01	House	Signed by the Speaker
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2023-04-28	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2023-04-26	Senate	Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 497: yeas 41, nays 8
2023-04-26	House	Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 513: yeas 72, nays 22
2023-04-26	House	CCR # 1 filed in the House
2023-04-26	Senate	CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
2023-04-25	House	Representative Teshka added as conferee
2023-04-25	House	Representative Smaltz removed as conferee
2023-04-25	Senate	Senator Garten added as conferee
2023-04-25	Senate	Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee
2023-04-25	Senate	Senator Garten removed as advisor
2023-04-25	House	Representative Smaltz added as conferee
2023-04-25	House	Representative DeLaney removed as conferee
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate advisors appointed: Hunley, Garten and Baldwin
2023-04-20	Senate	Senate conferees appointed: Holdman and Ford J.D.
2023-04-19	House	House advisors appointed: Lehman, Judy and Smith V
2023-04-19	House	House conferees appointed: Lucas and DeLaney
2023-04-19	House	House dissented from Senate amendments
2023-04-19	House	Motion to dissent filed
2023-04-18	Senate	Returned to the House with amendments
2023-04-18	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 42, nays 8
2023-04-17	Senate	Senator Sandlin added as cosponsor
2023-04-17	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-04-17	Senate	Amendment #5 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 396: yeas 10, nays 39
2023-04-17	Senate	Amendment #4 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 395: yeas 16, nays 33
2023-04-17	Senate	Amendment #2 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 394: yeas 15, nays 34
2023-04-13	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-04-06	Senate	Senator Crane added as cosponsor
2023-04-06	Senate	Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
2023-04-03	Senate	Senator Johnson added as cosponsor
2023-03-09	Senate	Senator Byrne added as cosponsor
2023-02-27	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
2023-02-15	House	Referred to the Senate
2023-02-14	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 123: yeas 71, nays 24
2023-02-14	House	Cosponsor: Senator Koch
2023-02-14	House	Senate sponsors: Senators Holdman, Garten, Baldwin
2023-02-13	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2023-02-13	House	Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 101: yeas 30, nays 66
2023-02-13	House	Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 100: yeas 29, nays 67
2023-02-09	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2023-02-07	House	Representative Teshka J added as coauthor
2023-01-19	House	Representative Judy added as coauthor
2023-01-10	House	Representative Lehman added as coauthor
2023-01-10	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Education
2023-01-10	House	Authored by Representative Lucas

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/details
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#1.INTR
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#2.COMH
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#3.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#4.COMS
Text	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#5.ENRS
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#H100
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#H101
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#H123
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#S396
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#S395
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#S394
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#S434
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#H513
Roll Call	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177/#S497