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Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation SR0039

  this is an pro-gun bill
Legislation Overview

Title: A SENATE RESOLUTION declaring that the policy of the state is to protect the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Description: A SENATE RESOLUTION declaring that the policy of the state is to protect the constitutional right to keep and bear arms.

Session: 2021 Regular Session

Last Action: Senator Grooms added as coauthor

Last Action Date: April 12, 2021

Sponsors

Note: the first sponsor listed is normally the primary sponsor. If a sponsor's name is a hyperlink you can click on it to 'follow the money'.

33 sponsors: James Tomes (R); Jack Sandlin (R); Scott Baldwin (R); Dennis Kruse (R); Aaron Freeman (R); Chris Garten (R); Philip Boots (R); Mike Gaskill (R); Blake Doriot (R); Jeff Raatz (R); Justin Busch (R); Erin Houchin (R); Kyle Walker (R);Michael Crider (R); Mike Bohacek (R); Rick Niemeyer (R); Eric Bassler (R); Vaneta Becker (R); Susan Glick (R); James Buck (R); Stacey Donato (R); Elizabeth Brown (R); Linda Rogers (R); Ed Charbonneau (R); Jean Leising (R); Brian Buchanan (R); Mark Messmer (R); Travis Holdman (R); Eric Koch (R); Michael Young (R); John Crane (R); Jon Ford (R); Ronald Grooms (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 66% (33 of 50)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Apr 12, 2021 Senator Grooms added as coauthor
Senate Apr 12, 2021 Senator Ford Jon added as coauthor
Senate Apr 12, 2021 Second reading: adopted
Senate Apr 12, 2021 Senator Crane added as coauthor
Senate Apr 8, 2021 Senator Koch added as coauthor
Senate Apr 8, 2021 Committee report: do pass, adopted
Senate Apr 8, 2021 Senators Houchin, Walker K, Crider, Bohacek, Niemeyer, Bassler, Becker, Glick, Buck, Donato, Brown L, Rogers, Charbonneau, Leising, Buchanan, Messmer, Holdman added as coauthors
Senate Apr 8, 2021 Senator Young M added as coauthor
Senate Apr 6, 2021 Senators Raatz and Busch added as coauthors
Senate Apr 1, 2021 Authored by Senators Tomes, Sandlin, Baldwin
Senate Apr 1, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
Senate Apr 1, 2021 Coauthored by Senators Kruse, Freeman, Garten, Boots, Gaskill, Doriot
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Amended Apr 8, 2021 state link bill text
Introduced Apr 8, 2021 state link bill text
Introduced Apr 1, 2021 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
04/7/2021 6 3 0 0 Yes
  • Bohacek, Mike (R) Yea
  • Brown, Elizabeth (R) Yea
  • Buck, James (R) Yea
  • Gaskill, Mike (R) Yea
  • Glick, Susan (R) Yea
  • Koch, Eric (R) Yea
  • Lanane, Timothy (D) Nay
  • Randolph, Lonnie (D) Nay
  • Taylor, Greg (D) Nay
resort votes by: party yeas nays name
04/12/2021 40 10 0 0 Yes
  • Alting, Ronnie (R) Yea
  • Baldwin, Scott (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) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • 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) Nay
  • Leising, Jean (R) Yea
  • Melton, Eddie (D) Nay
  • Messmer, Mark (R) Yea
  • Mishler, Ryan (R) Yea
  • Mrvan, Frank (D) Yea
  • Niemeyer, Rick (R) Yea
  • Niezgodski, David (D) Nay
  • Perfect, Clyde (R) Yea
  • Qaddoura, Fady (D) Nay
  • Raatz, Jeff (R) Yea
  • Randolph, Lonnie (D) Nay
  • Rogers, Linda (R) Yea
  • Sandlin, Jack (R) Yea
  • Tallian, Karen (D) Nay
  • Taylor, Greg (D) Nay
  • Tomes, James (R) Yea
  • Walker, Greg (R) Yea
  • Walker, Kyle (R) Yea
  • Yoder, Shelli (D) Nay
  • 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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