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Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation HB1132

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Legislation Overview

Title: Criminal and juvenile law matters.

Description: Criminal and juvenile law matters. Provides that the alteration or obliteration of certain markings on a firearm is a Level 5 felony. Provides that the possession of a firearm with altered or obliterated markings is a Level 5 felony. Requires a defendant to serve the sum of all executed time imposed under consecutive sentences before serving any suspended part imposed under consecutive sentences. Prohibits a person who has, after June 30, 2020, been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act while armed with a firearm that would be a serious violent felony if committed by an adult (serious delinquent) from possessing a firearm unless the person is at least: (1) 26 years of age, in the case of less serious acts; or (2) 28 years of age, in the case of more serious acts. Makes possession of a firearm by a serious delinquent a Level 6 felony, and increases the penalty to a Level 5 felony for a second or subsequent offense. Requires a juvenile court to transmit certain findings to the office of judicial administration for transmission to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) upon a finding of delinquency for an act that would be a serious violent felony if committed by an adult. Allows a court to consider the certain factors when evaluating a petition to expunge certain juvenile adjudications. Beginning January 1, 2021: (1) requires the office of judicial administration to collect and publish certain statistics related to the confiscation and retention of firearms; and (2) requires a court to provide certain information to the office of judicial administration after issuing a finding concerning a person's dangerousness. Provides that a person who knowingly makes a false report that another person is dangerous commits false informing, a Class B misdemeanor. Makes a technical correction and conforming amendments.

Session: 2020 Regular Session

Last Action: Senate advisors appointed: Young M, Randolph Lonnie M and Houchin

Last Action Date: March 5, 2020

Sponsors

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6 sponsors: Gregory Steuerwald (R); Wendy McNamara (R); Ryan Hatfield (D); Aaron Freeman (R); Michael Young (R); Erin Houchin (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 6% (6 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Mar 5, 2020 Motion to dissent filed
Senate Mar 5, 2020 Senate advisors appointed: Young M, Randolph Lonnie M and Houchin
Senate Mar 5, 2020 Senate conferees appointed: Freeman and Tallian
House Mar 5, 2020 House advisors appointed: McNamara, Young J, Beck and Pierce
House Mar 5, 2020 House conferees appointed: Steuerwald and Hatfield
House Mar 5, 2020 House dissented from Senate amendments
Senate Mar 4, 2020 Returned to the House with amendments
Senate Mar 3, 2020 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 290: yeas 50, nays 0
Senate Mar 2, 2020 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Senate Mar 2, 2020 Amendment #1 (Bohacek) prevailed; voice vote
Senate Feb 27, 2020 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
Senate Feb 5, 2020 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
House Jan 29, 2020 Referred to the Senate
House Jan 28, 2020 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 85: yeas 96, nays 2
House Jan 28, 2020 Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman, Young M, Houchin
House Jan 27, 2020 Second reading: ordered engrossed
House Jan 23, 2020 Representatives McNamara and Hatfield added as coauthors
House Jan 23, 2020 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
House Jan 8, 2020 Authored by Representative Steuerwald
House Jan 8, 2020 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Engrossed Mar 2, 2020 state link bill text
Amended Mar 2, 2020 state link bill text
Amended Feb 27, 2020 state link bill text
Amended Feb 27, 2020 state link bill text
Amended Jan 23, 2020 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 23, 2020 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 8, 2020 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
Description Vote Date Yea Votes Nay Votes No Votes Absent Passed
01/22/2020 11 0 0 2 Yes
  • Bartels, Steve (R) Yea
  • Beck, Lisa (D) Absent
  • Dvorak, Ryan (D) Yea
  • Hatcher, Ragen (D) Absent
  • Kirchhofer, Cindy (R) Yea
  • McNamara, Wendy (R) Yea
  • Negele, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Pierce, Matt (D) Yea
  • Schaibley, Donna (R) Yea
  • Steuerwald, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Vermilion, Ann (R) Yea
  • Young, John (R) Yea
  • Ziemke, Cindy (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
01/28/2020 97 1 1 1 Yes
  • Abbott, David (R) Yea
  • Austin, Terri Jo (D) Yea
  • Aylesworth, Micheal (R) Yea
  • Bacon, Ronald (R) Yea
  • Baird, Beau (R) Yea
  • Barrett, Bradford (R) Yea
  • Bartels, Steve (R) Yea
  • Bartlett, John (D) Absent
  • Bauer, B. Patrick (D) Yea
  • Beck, Lisa (D) Yea
  • Behning, Robert (R) Yea
  • Borders, Bruce (R) Yea
  • Bosma, Brian (R) NV
  • Boy, Patricia (D) Yea
  • Brown, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Burton, Charles (R) Yea
  • Campbell, Chris (D) Yea
  • Carbaugh, Martin (R) Yea
  • Cherry, Robert (R) Yea
  • Chyung, Chris (D) Yea
  • Clere, Edward (R) Yea
  • Cook, Anthony (R) Yea
  • Davisson, Steven (R) Yea
  • DeLaney, Edward (D) Yea
  • DeVon, Dale (R) Yea
  • Deal, Ross (D) Yea
  • Dvorak, Ryan (D) Yea
  • Eberhart, Sean (R) Yea
  • Ellington, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Engleman, Karen (R) Yea
  • Errington, Sue (D) Yea
  • Fleming, Rita (D) Yea
  • Forestal, Dan (D) Yea
  • Frye, Randall (R) Yea
  • GiaQuinta, Philip (D) Yea
  • Goodin, Terry (D) Yea
  • Goodrich, Chuck (R) Yea
  • Gutwein, Doug (R) Yea
  • Hamilton, Carey (D) Yea
  • Harris, Earl (D) Yea
  • Hatcher, Ragen (D) Yea
  • Hatfield, Ryan (D) Yea
  • Heaton, Robert (R) Yea
  • Heine, Dave (R) Yea
  • Hostettler, Matt (R) Yea
  • Huston, Todd (R) Yea
  • Jackson, Carolyn (D) Yea
  • Jordan, Jack (R) Yea
  • Judy, Christopher (R) Yea
  • Karickhoff, Michael (R) Yea
  • Kirchhofer, Cindy (R) Yea
  • Klinker, Sheila (D) Yea
  • Lauer, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Lehe, Donald (R) Yea
  • Lehman, Matthew (R) Yea
  • Leonard, Daniel (R) Yea
  • Lindauer, Shane (R) Yea
  • Lucas, Jim (R) Yea
  • Lyness, Randy (R) Yea
  • Macer, Karlee (D) Yea
  • Manning, Ethan (R) Yea
  • May, Chris (R) Yea
  • Mayfield, Peggy (R) Yea
  • McNamara, Wendy (R) Yea
  • Miller, Doug (R) Yea
  • Moed, Justin (D) Yea
  • Morris, Robert (R) Yea
  • Morrison, Alan (R) Yea
  • Moseley, Charles (D) Yea
  • Negele, Sharon (R) Yea
  • Nisly, Curt (R) Nay
  • Pfaff, Tonya (D) Yea
  • Pierce, Matt (D) Yea
  • Porter, Gregory (D) Yea
  • Prescott, John (R) Yea
  • Pressel, Jim (R) Yea
  • Pryor, Cherrish (D) Yea
  • Reardon, Mara (D) Yea
  • Saunders, Thomas (R) Yea
  • Schaibley, Donna (R) Yea
  • Shackleford, Robin (D) Yea
  • Sherman, Dollyne (R) Yea
  • Smaltz, Ben (R) Yea
  • Smith, Vernon (D) Yea
  • Soliday, Edmond (R) Yea
  • Speedy, Mike (R) Yea
  • Steuerwald, Gregory (R) Yea
  • Stutzman, Christy (R) Yea
  • Sullivan, Holli (R) Yea
  • Summers, Vanessa (D) Yea
  • Thompson, Jeffrey (R) Yea
  • Torr, Gerald (R) Yea
  • VanNatter, Heath (R) Yea
  • Vermilion, Ann (R) Yea
  • Wesco, Timothy (R) Yea
  • Wolkins, David (R) Yea
  • Wright, Melanie (D) Yea
  • Young, John (R) Yea
  • Zent, Dennis (R) Yea
  • Ziemke, Cindy (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
02/25/2020 7 0 0 0 Yes
  • Bohacek, Mike (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Aaron (R) Yea
  • Glick, Susan (R) Yea
  • Koch, Eric (R) Yea
  • Randolph, Lonnie (D) Yea
  • Sandlin, Jack (R) Yea
  • Young, R. Michael (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
03/3/2020 50 0 0 0 Yes
  • Alting, Ronnie (R) Yea
  • Bassler, Eric (R) Yea
  • Becker, Vaneta (R) Yea
  • Bohacek, Mike (R) Yea
  • Boots, Philip (R) Yea
  • Bray, Rodric (R) Yea
  • Breaux, Jean (D) Yea
  • Brown, Elizabeth (R) Yea
  • Buchanan, Brian (R) Yea
  • Buck, James (R) Yea
  • Busch, Justin (R) Yea
  • Charbonneau, Ed (R) Yea
  • Crane, John (R) Yea
  • Crider, Michael (R) Yea
  • Donato, Stacey (R) Yea
  • Doriot, Blake (R) Yea
  • Ford, J.D. (D) Yea
  • Ford, Jon (R) Yea
  • Freeman, Aaron (R) Yea
  • Garten, Chris (R) Yea
  • Gaskill, Mike (R) Yea
  • Glick, Susan (R) Yea
  • Grooms, Ronald (R) Yea
  • Holdman, Travis (R) Yea
  • Houchin, Erin (R) Yea
  • Koch, Eric (R) Yea
  • Kruse, Dennis (R) Yea
  • Lanane, Timothy (D) Yea
  • Leising, Jean (R) Yea
  • Melton, Eddie (D) Yea
  • Merritt, James (R) Yea
  • Messmer, Mark (R) Yea
  • Mishler, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Mrvan, Frank (D) Yea
  • Niemeyer, Rick (R) Yea
  • Niezgodski, David (D) Yea
  • Perfect, Clyde (R) Yea
  • Raatz, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Randolph, Lonnie (D) Yea
  • Rogers, Linda (R) Yea
  • Ruckelshaus, John (R) Yea
  • Sandlin, Jack (R) Yea
  • Spartz, Victoria (R) Yea
  • Stoops, Mark (D) Yea
  • Tallian, Karen (D) Yea
  • Taylor, Greg (D) Yea
  • Tomes, James (R) Yea
  • Walker, Greg (R) Yea
  • Young, R. Michael (R) Yea
  • Zay, Andy (R) Yea
resort votes by: party yeas nays name

Link: link to state bill page

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