Indiana House Bill 1159 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: Introduced on January 9 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-01-09 - Representative Arnold added as coauthor
Pending: House Public Policy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Regulation of firearms. Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Specifies that a person who may otherwise legally carry a handgun is not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana. Makes conforming amendments. Allows a resident of Indiana who wishes to carry a firearm in another state under a reciprocity agreement entered into by Indiana and the other state to obtain an Indiana firearms reciprocity license from the superintendent of the state police department.

Regulation of firearms. Repeals the law that requires a person to obtain a license to carry a handgun in Indiana. Specifies that a person who may otherwise legally carry a handgun is not required to obtain or possess a license or permit from the state to carry a handgun in Indiana. Makes conforming amendments. Allows a resident of Indiana who wishes to carry a firearm in another state under a reciprocity agreement entered into by Indiana and the other state to obtain an Indiana firearms reciprocity license from the superintendent of the state police department.

Rep. Jim Lucas [R]

Rep. Christopher Judy [R]

Rep. Heath VanNatter [R]

Rep. Lloyd Arnold [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-01-09	House	Representative Arnold added as coauthor
2017-01-09	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2017-01-09	House	Coauthored by Representatives Judy and VanNatter
2017-01-09	House	Authored by Representative Lucas

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2017/bills/house/1159/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/1/7/8/917823f7/HB1159.01.INTR.pdf