13 total bills, 7 anti-gun bills,
4 pro-gun bills for this session

Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation

HB1004

Title: Various education matters.

Description: Various education matters. Makes changes to various education provisions concerning the following: (1) Certain school corporation accounting requirements. (2) The "nonpublic school" definition. (3) Recodification and state board of education (state board) transition provisions. (4) The state board's duties. (5) Powers of the governing bodies of school corporations. (6) Public-private agreements by charter schools for the construction or renovation of schools. (7) Adoption of certain rules by the state board. (8) Department of education's (department) duties regarding initiatives for teacher recruitment and retention of certain educators. (9) Conditions to be considered a probationary teacher. (10) Regular teacher's contract requirements for principals and assistant principals. (11) Graduation plan requirements. (12) Instruction on alcoholic beverages, tobacco, prescription drugs, and controlled substances. (13) Recognition program criteria application. (14) Reporting on certain student expenditure information. (15) Excused absences. Relocates a provision regarding certain possession and storage of a firearm educational materials from the department to the department of homeland security. Allows use of temporary teacher contracts for teachers who have been issued an emergency permit. Removes or repeals various education and higher education provisions concerning the following: (1) Expired and expiring provisions. (2) Duties, discretionary actions, and restrictions regarding the department. (3) Posting of certain information by schools. (4) Discretionary display of certain words by qualified districts. (5) Academic receivership. (6) Staff performance evaluations regarding Indianapolis Public Schools. (7) Certain powers of governing bodies of school corporations. (8) Certain student teaching agreement requirements with postsecondary educational institutions. (9) Certain discretionary authority of school corporations regarding joining regional school study councils, distributing payroll based on contractual and compensation plans, and establishing and using funds for nursery schools. (10) Spending restrictions for remediation programs. (11) Certain website posting requirements for school corporations and charter schools. (12) Reporting regarding students who meet certain requirements during their expected graduation year. (13) Discretion regarding certain feasibility studies. (14) Certain rights and privileges of teachers employed in a joint program or special education cooperatives or with regard to certain interlocal cooperation agreements. (15) Joint investment funds. (16) Application of certain laws to joint programs. (17) Establishment of certain students as transfer students. (18) The borrowing of money by school corporations to buy curricular materials. (19) Discretion regarding employee health coverage for certain individuals. (20) Notification to the secretary of education by a superintendent regarding a conviction or certain final actions. (21) References to an online platform for training. (22) Reports regarding adjunct teachers. (23) Teacher contract requirements regarding the number of work hours per day. (24) Voiding of contracts with teachers if certain conditions apply. (25) Regular teacher's contract requirement for principals, assistant principals, and directors of special education. (26) The provision of certain individual test scores regarding examinations required for teacher licensure. (27) The definition of "secondary school" regarding the federal teacher loan forgiveness program. (28) The definition of "deficit financing" with regard to the Gary Community School Corporation and the Muncie Community school corporation. (29) Allowing instruction on bullying prevention and child abuse by certain individuals. (30) Timing of statewide assessment requirements for state accredited nonpublic schools and eligible schools. (31) Requirement that the department make available certain diagnostic tools. (32) Discretionary portfolio programs by governing bodies of school corporations. (33) Allowing expulsion if a student's legal settlement is not in an attendance area. (34) Certain cardiac arrest training and automated external defibrillator (AED) requirements. (35) Report requirement by the education commission of the states. (36) Duty of a school corporation to preserve instructional programs. (37) The primary care physician loan forgiveness program. (38) Required payments by postsecondary credit bearing proprietary educational institutions regarding cost of performing team onsite investigations. (39) Indiana excellence in teaching endowment. (40) Listing of funds established outside certain education provisions. Repeals and relocates education provisions regarding programs administered by the state with the following provisions removed or repealed: (1) Dissemination of certain information regarding the teacher referral system. (2) Expired provisions. (3) Certain uses of the Senator David C. Ford educational technology fund. (4) The technology plan grant program and

Last Action: First reading: referred to Committee on Education

Last Action Date: January 8, 2026

HB1021

Title: Firearm storage.

Description: Firearm storage. Provides that a person having the care of a dependent who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally fails to secure a loaded firearm in the person's residence or vehicle commits neglect of a dependent, a Level 6 felony, if the dependent uses the firearm to cause bodily injury or death to any person. Enhances the offense to a Level 5 felony in particular instances. Specifies exceptions and defenses. Specifies sign requirements for retail dealers. Defines terms and makes conforming amendments.

Last Action: First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code

Last Action Date: December 1, 2025

HB1089

Title: Authority to prohibit firearms in local parks.

Description: Authority to prohibit firearms in local parks. Provides that a unit may prohibit or restrict the possession of a firearm in a public park operated or maintained by the unit.

Last Action: Representative Gore added as coauthor

Last Action Date: January 6, 2026

HB1363

Title: Various public safety matters.

Description: Various public safety matters. Provides that the governor shall appoint the executive director of the law enforcement training board (executive director). Provides that the executive director serves at the governor's pleasure. Provides that a correctional professional is considered a public safety officer for purposes of determining eligibility for line of duty death benefits. (Current law provides that a correctional officer is considered a public safety officer for determining eligibility for line of duty death benefits.) Repeals the integrated public safety commission. Provides a process for certain sex and sex or violent offenders to submit certain information to the department of correction (department) regarding sex offender status in other states or jurisdictions. Establishes the Indiana department of emergency communications. Changes the name of the "integrated public safety communications fund" to the "emergency communications fund". Provides that if: (1) the department releases a child who is a ward of the department; and (2) the child is less than 18 years of age; the department's wardship of the child ends. Provides that if a child who is a ward of the department is released and no parent or guardian allows the child to live with them, the department must immediately notify a certain court that the child needs to be a ward of the department of child services. Provides that the department is not required to send certain notices sent by offenders within the jurisdiction of the department by registered or certified mail. Makes it a Class B misdemeanor for a person to knowingly or intentionally possess an imitation firearm: (1) in or on school property; or (2) on a school bus. Makes conforming changes.

Last Action: First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety

Last Action Date: January 8, 2026

SB0082

Title: Local regulation of firearms in Marion County.

Description: Local regulation of firearms in Marion County. Provides that certain restrictions on the local regulation of firearms, ammunition, and firearm accessories may not be construed to prevent a county containing a consolidated city from regulating firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories in a manner more restrictive than Indiana law if the regulation is recommended by a law enforcement agency that has jurisdiction in the county. Specifies regulations that meet these parameters. Requires compliance with the federal and state constitutions.

Last Action: First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law

Last Action Date: December 8, 2025

SB0130

Title: Firearm storage.

Description: Firearm storage. Provides that a person having the care of a dependent who recklessly, knowingly, or intentionally fails to secure a loaded firearm in the person's residence or vehicle commits neglect of a dependent, a Level 6 felony, if the dependent uses the firearm to cause bodily injury or death to any person. Enhances the offense to a Level 5 felony in particular instances. Specifies exceptions and defenses. Specifies sign requirements for retail dealers. Requires the Indiana department of health to develop educational resources and training concerning secure firearm storage for pediatric health care practitioners. Allows certain practitioners, at each well-child visit, to ask the child's parent or guardian about firearm safety and provide information concerning secure firearm storage practices. Defines terms and makes conforming amendments. Makes an appropriation.

Last Action: First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law

Last Action Date: December 11, 2025

SB0174

Title: Various health matters.

Description: Various health matters. Prohibits a person from adding a chemical to a public water supply in certain circumstances. Defines "medical intervention" and provides that a person may not require an individual to accept, undergo, or engage in a medical intervention in or on the individual's body as a condition of employment, entrance, admission, compensation, benefits, or participation. Provides that a person may not take a punitive measure against an individual because the individual refused to accept, undergo, or engage in a medical intervention in or on the individual's body. Allows an individual who suffers bodily injury as a result of a violation of these provisions to file an action. Provides that a person who knowingly or intentionally causes bodily injury to another person by violating these provisions commits battery, a class B misdemeanor, enhanced to a level 5 felony if the offense constitutes a violation of the right to bodily integrity. Allows an individual to sell certain meat products from the individual's primary residence. Establishes various requirements for an individual to sell certain meat products from the individual's primary residence. Exempts a stand or another retail building used only for the sale of certain food products or meat products from the definition of a Class 1 structure. Provides that a student enrolled in a health profession education program may not be required to receive an immunization as a condition of: (1) participating in; or (2) obtaining; clinical training or clinical experience required by the program if receiving the immunization is against the student's conscience. Amends the information that the statewide child fatality review committee and statewide maternal mortality review committee must include in each committee's annual report. Provides that a physician may not be required to receive an immunization if receiving the immunization is against the physician's conscience. Provides that a health care provider, health care entity, and a health carrier may not be required to provide or refer an individual for a health care service that violates the conscience of the health care provider, health care entity, or health carrier. Establishes an exception for a health carrier. Specifies that a health care provider, health care entity, or a health carrier may not be subject to discrimination and certain other acts and liability for declining to provide the health care service. Establishes a civil action for a violation of these provisions. Provides that a person who prevails in a civil action is entitled to certain relief. Requires a licensed child care center, school, and person that operates a before or after school program to report the ingredients of each food product provided to a child or student. Requires the division of family resources and the department of education to publish the information on each agency's website. Allows a school corporation to contract with a health care provider, health system, or community partner to establish a school based health center (center). Sets forth requirements to establish a center. Provides that, notwithstanding state or federal law, a school may not conduct a physical or mental assessment or treatment of a student unless the physical or mental assessment or treatment is related to an illness or accident that occurred during school hours or on or near school property. Repeals certain superseded laws, including provisions concerning immunizations, communicable diseases, potentially disease transmitting offenses, quarantine, medical testing, disqualification for unemployment benefits, and COVID-19 immunization requirements. Makes conforming amendments.

Last Action: Senator Rogers added as second author

Last Action Date: January 8, 2026