Passed Indiana Firearm Legislation SB0098
Legislation Overview
Title: Lawsuits against gun manufacturers. Prohibits a person from bringing certain actions against a firearms manufacturer, ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or seller, and makes the prohibition effective upon passage. Prohibits awards for attorney's fees and incurred costs in certain instances.
Description: Lawsuits against gun manufacturers. Prohibits a person from bringing certain actions against a firearms manufacturer, ammunition manufacturer, trade association, or seller, and makes the prohibition effective upon passage. Prohibits awards for attorney's fees and incurred costs in certain instances.
Session: 2015 Regular Session
Last Action: Public Law 106
Last Action Date: May 12, 2015
Sponsors
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11 sponsors: James Tomes; Brent Steele; Brent Waltz; Vaneta Becker; Mark Messmer; Brandt Hershman; Dennis Kruse; Ben Smaltz; Gerald Torr; Jim Lucas; Steven Stemler;
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 22% (11 of 50)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | May 12, 2015 | Public Law 106 |
| Senate | May 4, 2015 | Signed by the Governor |
| Senate | Apr 30, 2015 | Signed by the President of the Senate |
| House | Apr 29, 2015 | Signed by the Speaker |
| Senate | Apr 27, 2015 | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
| Senate | Apr 21, 2015 | Senate concurred in House Amendments; Roll Call 483: yeas 37, nays 10 |
| Senate | Apr 20, 2015 | Motion to concur in House amendments filed |
| House | Apr 15, 2015 | Returned to the Senate with amendments |
| House | Apr 14, 2015 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 437: yeas 72, nays 24 |
| House | Apr 13, 2015 | Amendment #2 (Smaltz) prevailed; Roll Call 409: yeas 75, nays 19 |
| House | Apr 13, 2015 | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| House | Apr 7, 2015 | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| House | Mar 10, 2015 | Representative Stemler added as cosponsor |
| House | Mar 2, 2015 | First Reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary |
| House | Mar 2, 2015 | Representatives Torr and Lucas added as cosponsor |
| Senate | Feb 24, 2015 | Referred to the House |
| Senate | Feb 23, 2015 | Representative Smaltz added as sponsor |
| Senate | Feb 23, 2015 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 205: yeas 37, nays 11 |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2015 | Amendment #1 (Steele) prevailed; voice vote |
| Senate | Feb 19, 2015 | Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2015 | Placed back on second reading |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2015 | Senator Kruse added as coauthor |
| Senate | Feb 17, 2015 | Senator Hershman added as coauthor |
| Senate | Feb 16, 2015 | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2015 | Senators Becker and Messmer added as coauthor |
| Senate | Feb 12, 2015 | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2015 | Senator Waltz added as coauthor |
| Senate | Feb 10, 2015 | Senator Steele added as second author |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2015 | Senator Long removed as author |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2015 | Senator Tomes added as author |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2015 | Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to committee on Judiciary |
| Senate | Jan 6, 2015 | First Reading: referred to Committee on Rules and Legislative Procedure |
| Senate | Jan 6, 2015 | Authored by Senator Long |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Enrolled | Apr 22, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | Apr 22, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | Apr 13, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Apr 13, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Apr 7, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | Apr 7, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 7, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Engrossed | Feb 19, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Feb 19, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Feb 12, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Feb 12, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Feb 5, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Feb 5, 2015 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 7, 2015 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
Senate Committee on Judiciary - Committee Vote
Senate - Third reading
House - Committee Vote
House - Amendment #2 (Smaltz) prevailed
House - Third reading
Senate - Senate concurred in House Amendments
Link: link to state bill page
