Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation HB1235
Legislation Overview
Title: Judicial officers and public safety officials. Provides that a person commits battery on a public safety official if the offense is committed against a current or former public safety official: (1) while the official is engaged in the official's official duty; or (2) in retaliation for the official having engaged in the official's official duty. (Under current law, a person commits the offense only if the official is acting in the person's official duty.) Exempts a person who retires from judicial office after at least 20 years of service or because of a disability from the payment of the fee for a license to carry a handgun. Permits a former judicial officer to possess and use a handgun in the same locations as a judicial officer, and requires the supreme court to annually issue an identification card to a former judicial officer.
Description: Judicial officers and public safety officials. Provides that a person commits battery on a public safety official if the offense is committed against a current or former public safety official: (1) while the official is engaged in the official's official duty; or (2) in retaliation for the official having engaged in the official's official duty. (Under current law, a person commits the offense only if the official is acting in the person's official duty.) Exempts a person who retires from judicial office after at least 20 years of service or because of a disability from the payment of the fee for a license to carry a handgun. Permits a former judicial officer to possess and use a handgun in the same locations as a judicial officer, and requires the supreme court to annually issue an identification card to a former judicial officer.
Session: 2019 Regular Session
Last Action: First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
Last Action Date: March 4, 2019
Sponsors
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7 sponsors: Anthony Cook (R); Gerald Torr (R); Matthew Lehman (R); Ryan Dvorak (D); Steve Bartels (R); John Young (R); Randall Head (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 7% (7 of 100)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Mar 4, 2019 | First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law |
| House | Feb 20, 2019 | Referred to the Senate |
| House | Feb 19, 2019 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 216: yeas 92, nays 4 |
| House | Feb 19, 2019 | Senate sponsor: Senator Head |
| House | Feb 18, 2019 | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| House | Feb 18, 2019 | Rule 105.1 suspended |
| House | Feb 18, 2019 | Representatives Bartels and Young J added as coauthors |
| House | Feb 14, 2019 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| House | Feb 14, 2019 | Representative Dvorak added as coauthor |
| House | Jan 15, 2019 | Representative Lehman added as coauthor |
| House | Jan 10, 2019 | First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code |
| House | Jan 10, 2019 | Coauthored by Representative Torr |
| House | Jan 10, 2019 | Authored by Representative Cook |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Amended | Feb 14, 2019 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Feb 14, 2019 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 9, 2019 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| House - Committee Vote | 02/13/2019 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 2 | Yes |
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| Third reading | 02/19/2019 | 92 | 4 | 1 | 3 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
