IN HB1068 | 2010 | Regular Session

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-1)
Status: Passed on March 25 2010 - 100% progression
Action: 2010-03-25 - Effective 07/01/2010
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [HTML]

Summary

Provides that, for purposes of the law concerning access to public records: (1) information submitted by a person to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun; (2) information obtained by a federal, state, or local government entity in the course of an investigation concerning a person who applies to obtain or renew a license to carry a handgun; and (3) the name, address, and any other information that may be used to identify a person who holds a license to carry a handgun; is confidential, may not be published, and is not open to public inspection. Specifies that: (1) any information concerning an applicant for or a person who holds a license to carry a handgun may be released to a federal, state, or local government entity for law enforcement purposes or to determine the validity of a license to carry a handgun; or (2) general information concerning the issuance of licenses to carry handguns in Indiana may be released to a person conducting journalistic or academic research but only if all personal information that could disclose the identity of any person who holds a license to carry a handgun has been removed from the general information. Provides that the period during which an application for the renewal of an existing handgun license may be filed begins 365 days (instead of 180 days) before the date the license expires.

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Title

Access to handgun license information.

Sponsors


History

DateChamberAction
2010-03-25 Effective 07/01/2010
2010-03-25 Public Law 47
2010-03-12 Signed by the Governor
2010-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate
2010-03-01 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2010-02-25 Signed by the Speaker
2010-02-18 Returned to the House without amendments
2010-02-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 179: Yeas 48 and Nays 0
2010-02-15 Senator Kruse added as cosponsor
2010-02-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed
2010-02-11 Committee report: do pass, adopted
2010-02-01 Senator R. Young added as cosponsor
2010-02-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters
2010-01-26 Cosponsor: Senator Lewis
2010-01-26 Senate sponsors: Senators Walker, Steele and Deig
2010-01-26 Referred to the Senate
2010-01-26 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 70: Yeas 85, Nays 11
2010-01-25 Amendment 1 (Yarde), prevailed; Roll Call 59: Yeas 78, Nays 16
2010-01-25 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2010-01-21 Committee report: do pass, adopted
2010-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
2010-01-05 Coauthored by Representatives L. Lawson, Koch and Blanton
2010-01-05 Authored by Representative Welch

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