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Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation HB1424

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: Handgun licenses. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Provides that an individual may simultaneously hold both a five year license and a lifetime license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to perform a national, fingerprint based criminal history check and consult available local, state, and federal criminal history data banks, including the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), when determining whether possession of a firearm by an applicant would be a violation of state or federal law. Removes the fees for lifetime licenses beginning

Description: Handgun licenses. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Provides that an individual may simultaneously hold both a five year license and a lifetime license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to perform a national, fingerprint based criminal history check and consult available local, state, and federal criminal history data banks, including the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), when determining whether possession of a firearm by an applicant would be a violation of state or federal law. Removes the fees for lifetime licenses beginning

Session: 2018 Regular Session

Last Action: Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations

Last Action Date: February 22, 2018

Sponsors

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7 sponsors: Timothy Wesco (R); Ben Smaltz (R); Steven Stemler (D); Peggy Mayfield (R); Rodric Bray (R); Travis Holdman (R); Jon Ford (R);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 7% (7 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Feb 22, 2018 Committee report: do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
Senate Feb 20, 2018 Senator Holdman added as second sponsor
Senate Feb 20, 2018 Senator Ford added as third sponsor
Senate Feb 7, 2018 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
House Feb 6, 2018 Referred to the Senate
House Feb 5, 2018 Senate sponsor: Senator Bray
House Feb 5, 2018 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 146: yeas 71, nays 20
House Jan 31, 2018 Representatives Stemler and Mayfield added as coauthors
House Jan 31, 2018 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
House Jan 31, 2018 Amendment #1 (Wesco) prevailed; voice vote
House Jan 29, 2018 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
House Jan 25, 2018 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
House Jan 25, 2018 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
House Jan 16, 2018 Authored by Representative Wesco
House Jan 16, 2018 First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
House Jan 16, 2018 Coauthored by Representative Smaltz
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Feb 22, 2018 state link bill text
Engrossed Feb 22, 2018 state link bill text
Engrossed Jan 31, 2018 state link bill text
Amended Jan 31, 2018 state link bill text
Amended Jan 29, 2018 state link bill text
Amended Jan 29, 2018 state link bill text
Amended Jan 25, 2018 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 25, 2018 state link bill text
Introduced Jan 12, 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

House - Committee Vote

House - Committee Vote

House - Third reading

Senate - Committee Vote

Link: link to state bill page

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