Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation SB0226
Legislation Overview
Title: Correctional officers and possession of handguns. Allows an employee of a penal facility: (1) who is a correctional officer; and (2) whose duties include the daily or ongoing supervision and care of persons who are lawfully detained in the penal facility; to possess not more than one handgun in the correctional officer's vehicle while the vehicle is on the property of the penal facility.
Description: Correctional officers and possession of handguns. Allows an employee of a penal facility: (1) who is a correctional officer; and (2) whose duties include the daily or ongoing supervision and care of persons who are lawfully detained in the penal facility; to possess not more than one handgun in the correctional officer's vehicle while the vehicle is on the property of the penal facility.
Session: 2016 Regular Session
Last Action: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
Last Action Date: February 8, 2016
Sponsors
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3 sponsors: Doug Eckerty; James Tomes; Kevin Mahan;
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 6% (3 of 50)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 8, 2016 | First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2016 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 157: yeas 45, nays 4 |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2016 | Referred to the House |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2016 | Representative Mahan added as sponsor |
| Senate | Feb 2, 2016 | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| Senate | Jan 28, 2016 | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
| Senate | Jan 11, 2016 | Senator Tomes added as second author |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2016 | Authored by Senator Eckerty |
| Senate | Jan 7, 2016 | First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections & Criminal Law |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Amended | Jan 28, 2016 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 28, 2016 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 7, 2016 | 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 Vote
Senate - Third reading
Link: link to state bill page
