Votes: IN HB1284 | 2019 | Regular Session
Bill Title: Self-defense, defense of others, and firearms matters. Designates the following as voter registration offices: (1) Each office affiliated with the Indiana state police. (2) Each office affiliated with the sheriff of a county. (3) Each office affiliated with a municipal law enforcement agency. Provides immunity for a justified use of force in certain instances. Requires a court to award, in certain instances, reasonable attorney's fees and costs to a defendant when the justified use of force immunity is successfully raised. Permits a person who may legally possess a firearm to possess a firearm on school property if the person possesses the firearm: (1) as an employee or volunteer of a house of worship located on the school property; or (2) while attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Provides that an individual may simultaneously hold both a five year license and a lifetime license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to consult available local, state, and federal criminal history data banks, including the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), when determining whether possession of a firearm by an applicant would be a violation of state or federal law. Modifies the fees for five year licenses beginning July 1, 2020. Makes conforming amendments.
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-26 - Public Law 107 [HB1284 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 16-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-26 - Public Law 107 [HB1284 Detail]
Text: Latest bill text (Enrolled) [PDF]
Voting Records
Chamber | Vote | Date | Yea | Nay | NV | Abs | Total | Result | Source | View |
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Senate | Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 2019-04-22 | 37 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 50 | Passed | Link | View |
House | House Floor - | 2019-04-22 | 64 | 17 | 0 | 19 | 100 | Passed | Link | View |
Senate | Senate - Third reading | 2019-04-08 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 50 | Passed | Link | View |
Senate | Senate - Committee Vote | 2019-03-20 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | Passed | Link | View |
House | Third reading | 2019-02-11 | 80 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 100 | Passed | Link | View |
House | House - Committee Vote | 2019-02-04 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 13 | Passed | Link | View |