Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation SB0263
Legislation Overview
Title: Specialized weapons training.
Description: Specialized weapons training. Provides that, before an employee or any other staff member of a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school, may carry a firearm in or on school property as authorized by a school board of the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school, the employee or staff member shall do the following: (1) Successfully complete certain specialized weapons training or other firearm training. (2) Provide proof to the school board that the employee or other staff member has successfully completed the training. (3) Complete the Minnesota multiphasic personality inventory 2 (MMPI-II) and provide the results from the inventory to the school board of the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school. Establishes requirements for specialized weapons training. Requires an employee or any other staff member of a school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school to successfully complete sixteen hours of weapons training each year that the employee or staff member is authorized and intends to carry a firearm in or on school property. Provides that the specialized weapons training must be provided by a person or entity approved by the school board of the school corporation, charter school, or nonpublic school. Allows a school to barricade or block a door during an active shooter drill or during an active shooter emergency occurring in a school building.
Session: 2020 Regular Session
Last Action: Representative Burton added as cosponsor
Last Action Date: February 13, 2020
Sponsors
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7 sponsors: Travis Holdman (R); Chris Garten (R); John Crane (R); Jeff Raatz (R); Christopher Judy (R); Robert Morris (R); Charles Burton (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 14% (7 of 50)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| House | Feb 13, 2020 | Representative Burton added as cosponsor |
| House | Feb 10, 2020 | First reading: referred to Committee on Education |
| Senate | Feb 5, 2020 | Referred to the House |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2020 | Senator Raatz added as coauthor |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2020 | Cosponsor: Representative Morris |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2020 | House sponsor: Representative Judy |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2020 | Senator Busch removed as coauthor |
| Senate | Feb 4, 2020 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 153: yeas 42, nays 7 |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2020 | Amendment #3 (Taylor G) failed; Roll Call 104: yeas 14, nays 35 |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2020 | Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2020 | Amendment #4 (Holdman) prevailed; voice vote |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2020 | Amendment #5 (Holdman) prevailed; voice vote |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2020 | Amendment #1 (Stoops) failed; voice vote |
| Senate | Feb 3, 2020 | Senator Busch added as coauthor |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2020 | Senator Crane added as third author |
| Senate | Jan 30, 2020 | Committee report: amend do pass, adopted |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2020 | Authored by Senator Holdman |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2020 | Senator Garten added as second author |
| Senate | Jan 13, 2020 | First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Engrossed | Feb 3, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Feb 3, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Amended | Jan 30, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 30, 2020 | state link | bill text |
| Introduced | Jan 13, 2020 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
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Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
| Description | Vote Date | Yea Votes | Nay Votes | No Votes | Absent | Passed |
| Senate - Committee Vote | 01/29/2020 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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| Senate - Amendment #3 (Taylor G) failed | 02/3/2020 | 14 | 35 | 0 | 1 | No |
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| Senate - Third reading | 02/4/2020 | 42 | 7 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page
