Indiana House Bill 1085 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Passed on March 21 2016 - 100% progression
Action: 2016-03-21 - Public Law 66
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]

Firearms and certification. Defines "chief law enforcement officer" as an official whose certification is required under federal law for a person to manufacture or transfer certain firearms, and requires a chief law enforcement officer to issue a requested certification unless the person requesting the certification is: (1) prohibited by law from receiving or possessing a firearm; or (2) the subject of a proceeding that could result in the person being prohibited by law from receiving or possessing a firearm. Requires a chief law enforcement officer who denies a request for certification to explain the reasons for the denial in writing.

Firearms and certification. Defines "chief law enforcement officer" as an official whose certification is required under federal law for a person to manufacture or transfer certain firearms, and requires a chief law enforcement officer to issue a requested certification unless the person requesting the certification is: (1) prohibited by law from receiving or possessing a firearm; or (2) the subject of a proceeding that could result in the person being prohibited by law from receiving or possessing a firearm. Requires a chief law enforcement officer who denies a request for certification to explain the reasons for the denial in writing.

Rep. Sean Eberhart [R]	Rep. Heath VanNatter [R]	Rep. Jim Lucas [R]	Rep. Terry Goodin [D]
Sen. Brent Steele [R]	Sen. Michael Delph [R]	Sen. James Tomes [R]

2016-02-23 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 45 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-02-17 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 9 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2016-01-26 - House - House - Third reading (Y: 87 N: 8 NV: 2 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2016-01-20 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 12 N: 1 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2016-03-21	House	Public Law 66
2016-03-21	House	Signed by the Governor
2016-03-14	Senate	Signed by the President of the Senate
2016-03-10	Senate	Signed by the President Pro Tempore
2016-03-09	House	Signed by the Speaker
2016-02-24	Senate	Returned to the House without amendments
2016-02-23	Senate	Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
2016-02-23	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 204: yeas 45, nays 5
2016-02-22	Senate	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2016-02-18	Senate	Senator Delph added as second sponsor
2016-02-18	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2016-02-03	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2016-01-27	House	Referred to the Senate
2016-01-26	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Steele
2016-01-26	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 62: yeas 87, nays 8
2016-01-25	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2016-01-21	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2016-01-19	House	Representatives Lucas and Goodin added as coauthors
2016-01-05	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2016-01-05	House	Coauthored by Representative VanNatter
2016-01-05	House	Authored by Representative Eberhart

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2016/bills/house/1085/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/b/9/3/d/b93d7c7b/HB1085.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/3/d/e/a3de4a8b/HB1085.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/2/7/3/02738c4a/HB1085.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/b/2/a/db2a1159/HB1085.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/0/8/4/00846a0a/HB1085.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/b/e/1/5be1e2f8/HB1085.03.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/3/f/0/03f0452a/HB1085.04.ENRS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/7/e/5/b/7e5bbe46/HB1085.01.INTR.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/a/6/0/9a607f82/HB1085.62.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/a/d/8/cad856f3/HB1085.02.COMH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/1/a/6/51a651bd/HB1085.204.pdf