Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation SB0237
Legislation Overview
Title: Handgun licensing. Replaces the dual license system (having "qualified" and "unlimited" licenses) with the single handgun license. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to determine the applicant's: (1) country of citizenship; (2) place of birth; and (3) alien or admission number issued by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement or any successor agency as applicable; when evaluating a noncitizen's application for a handgun license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made
Description: Handgun licensing. Replaces the dual license system (having "qualified" and "unlimited" licenses) with the single handgun license. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to determine the applicant's: (1) country of citizenship; (2) place of birth; and (3) alien or admission number issued by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement or any successor agency as applicable; when evaluating a noncitizen's application for a handgun license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made
Session: 2018 Regular Session
Last Action: First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
Last Action Date: February 6, 2018
Sponsors
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13 sponsors: Rodric Bray (R); Travis Holdman (R); Jon Ford (R); Erin Houchin (R); James Buck (R); Blake Doriot (R); Jack Sandlin (R); James Tomes (R); Mark Messmer (R); Eric Koch (R); Matthew Lehman (R); Ben Smaltz (R); Timothy Wesco (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 26% (13 of 50)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 6, 2018 | First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy |
| Senate | Feb 1, 2018 | Senator Koch added as coauthor |
| Senate | Feb 1, 2018 | Referred to the House |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2018 | Cosponsors: Representatives Smaltz and Wesco |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2018 | House sponsor: Representative Lehman |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2018 | Senator Holdman added as second author |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2018 | Senator Ford added as third author |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2018 | Senator Buck added as coauthor |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2018 | Senators Doriot, Sandlin, Tomes, Messmer added as coauthors |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2018 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 104: yeas 49, nays 0 |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2018 | Senator Houchin added as coauthor |
| Senate | Jan 29, 2018 | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2018 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2018 | Authored by Senator Bray |
| Senate | Jan 3, 2018 | First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Amended | Jan 25, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 25, 2018 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 3, 2018 | 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
