Indiana Senate Bill 319 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 5-0)
Status: Introduced on January 10 2011 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2011-01-25 - Senator Waterman added as coauthor
Pending: Senate Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [HTML]

Makes unlawful possession of a firearm: (1) in or on school property; (2) in or on property that is being used by a school for a school function; or (3) on a school bus; a Class A misdemeanor instead of a Class D felony. Provides that the law concerning unlawful possession of a firearm in or on school property or in or on property that is being used by a school for a school function does not apply to a person who may legally possess a firearm, possesses a valid license to carry a handgun, is not a student enrolled in the school, and stores a firearm: (1) in a motor vehicle that is parked in or on school property or parked in or on property that is being used by the school for a school function; and (2) that is locked in the trunk of the motor vehicle, kept in the glove compartment of the locked motor vehicle, or stored out of plain sight in the locked motor vehicle.

Firearms on school property.

Sen. James Banks [R]	Sen. Dennis Kruse [R]	Sen. Johnny Nugent [R]	Sen. James Tomes [R]
Sen. John Waterman [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2011-01-25		Senator Waterman added as coauthor
2011-01-11		Senators Tomes and Nugent added as coauthors
2011-01-11		Senator Kruse added as second author
2011-01-10		First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections, Criminal, and Civil Matters
2011-01-10		Authored by Senator Banks

Type	Source
Summary	http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2011&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=SB&docno=0319
Text	http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/IN/IN0319.1.html