Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation HB1177

Legislation Overview
Title: Firearms training for teachers.
Subject: WEAPONS: SCHOOLS, Teachers: SCHOOLS, Funds and Budgets: SCHOOLS, Officers and Employees (other than teachers): SCHOOLS, Health and Safety Issues
Description: Firearms training for teachers. Authorizes funds from the: (1) Indiana secured school fund; and (2) school corporation and charter school safety advance program; to be used for the purpose of providing specialized firearms instruction to certain teachers, school staff, and school employees, and for providing counseling services to students, teachers, school staff, and school employees in the event of a school shooting. Creates a specialized firearms safety, education, and training curriculum (curriculum) for teachers, school staff, and school employees. Specifies curriculum requirements. Requires a charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation to ensure that a teacher, school staff member, or school employee who receives training funded by a grant from the Indiana secured school fund complies with certain requirements. Provides that the identity of any person who: (1) enrolls in; (2) participates in; or (3) completes; the curriculum is confidential. Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the state police department, to identify a set of best practices and develop a set of educational materials concerning the safe possession and storage of a firearm in a home with a child. Provides that the department of education shall provide the best practices and educational materials to certain schools for annual distribution to parents of students. Provides that a public school or a state accredited nonpublic school may not conduct a training or drill for an employee of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at the employee unless: (1) the school informs the employee of the use of projectiles in the training or drill; and (2) the employee provides written consent. Provides that certain schools may not conduct or approve a training or drill for a student of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at a student. Provides that the prohibition on the possession of a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus does not apply to certain qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers. Makes conforming and technical amendments.
Session: 2023 Regular Session
Last Action: Public Law 218
Last Action Date: May 4, 2023
Sponsors
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12 sponsors: Jim Lucas (R); Matthew Lehman (R); Christopher Judy (R); Jake Teshka (R); Travis Holdman (R); Chris Garten (R); Scott Baldwin (R); Eric Koch (R); Gary Byrne (R); Tyler Johnson (R); John Crane (R); Jack Sandlin (R);
Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 12% (12 of 100)
History
Chamber | Date | Action |
House | May 4, 2023 | Public Law 218 |
House | May 4, 2023 | Signed by the Governor |
House | May 1, 2023 | Signed by the Speaker |
Senate | Apr 28, 2023 | Signed by the President Pro Tempore |
Senate | Apr 28, 2023 | Signed by the President of the Senate |
House | Apr 26, 2023 | CCR # 1 filed in the House |
Senate | Apr 26, 2023 | Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 497: yeas 41, nays 8 |
House | Apr 26, 2023 | Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 513: yeas 72, nays 22 |
Senate | Apr 26, 2023 | CCR # 1 filed in the Senate |
House | Apr 25, 2023 | Representative Smaltz added as conferee |
House | Apr 25, 2023 | Representative Teshka added as conferee |
House | Apr 25, 2023 | Representative Smaltz removed as conferee |
Senate | Apr 25, 2023 | Senator Garten added as conferee |
Senate | Apr 25, 2023 | Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee |
Senate | Apr 25, 2023 | Senator Garten removed as advisor |
House | Apr 25, 2023 | Representative DeLaney removed as conferee |
Senate | Apr 20, 2023 | Senate advisors appointed: Hunley, Garten and Baldwin |
Senate | Apr 20, 2023 | Senate conferees appointed: Holdman and Ford J.D. |
House | Apr 19, 2023 | House dissented from Senate amendments |
House | Apr 19, 2023 | House advisors appointed: Lehman, Judy and Smith V |
House | Apr 19, 2023 | House conferees appointed: Lucas and DeLaney |
House | Apr 19, 2023 | Motion to dissent filed |
Senate | Apr 18, 2023 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 42, nays 8 |
Senate | Apr 18, 2023 | Returned to the House with amendments |
Senate | Apr 17, 2023 | Senator Sandlin added as cosponsor |
Senate | Apr 17, 2023 | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
Senate | Apr 17, 2023 | Amendment #5 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 396: yeas 10, nays 39 |
Senate | Apr 17, 2023 | Amendment #4 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 395: yeas 16, nays 33 |
Senate | Apr 17, 2023 | Amendment #2 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 394: yeas 15, nays 34 |
Senate | Apr 13, 2023 | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
Senate | Apr 6, 2023 | Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations |
Senate | Apr 6, 2023 | Senator Crane added as cosponsor |
Senate | Apr 3, 2023 | Senator Johnson added as cosponsor |
Senate | Mar 9, 2023 | Senator Byrne added as cosponsor |
Senate | Feb 27, 2023 | First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development |
House | Feb 15, 2023 | Referred to the Senate |
House | Feb 14, 2023 | Senate sponsors: Senators Holdman, Garten, Baldwin |
House | Feb 14, 2023 | Third reading: passed; Roll Call 123: yeas 71, nays 24 |
House | Feb 14, 2023 | Cosponsor: Senator Koch |
House | Feb 13, 2023 | Second reading: ordered engrossed |
House | Feb 13, 2023 | Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 101: yeas 30, nays 66 |
House | Feb 13, 2023 | Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 100: yeas 29, nays 67 |
House | Feb 9, 2023 | Committee report: do pass, adopted |
House | Feb 7, 2023 | Representative Teshka J added as coauthor |
House | Jan 19, 2023 | Representative Judy added as coauthor |
House | Jan 10, 2023 | First reading: referred to Committee on Education |
House | Jan 10, 2023 | Representative Lehman added as coauthor |
House | Jan 10, 2023 | Authored by Representative Lucas |
Texts
Type | Date | State Link | Text |
Enrolled | Apr 27, 2023 | state link | bill text |
Amended | Apr 13, 2023 | state link | bill text |
Amended | Apr 6, 2023 | state link | bill text |
Amended | Feb 9, 2023 | state link | bill text |
Introduced | Jan 10, 2023 | 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 |
House - Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed | 02/13/2023 | 29 | 67 | 1 | 3 | No |
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House - Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed | 02/13/2023 | 30 | 66 | 1 | 3 | No |
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House - Third reading | 02/14/2023 | 71 | 24 | 1 | 4 | Yes |
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Senate - Amendment #5 (Ford J.D.) failed | 04/17/2023 | 10 | 39 | 0 | 1 | No |
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Senate - Amendment #4 (Ford J.D.) failed | 04/17/2023 | 16 | 33 | 0 | 1 | No |
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Senate - Amendment #2 (Hunley) failed | 04/17/2023 | 15 | 34 | 0 | 1 | No |
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Senate - Third reading | 04/18/2023 | 42 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
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House - Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/26/2023 | 72 | 22 | 1 | 5 | Yes |
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Senate - Conference Committee Report 1 | 04/26/2023 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
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Link: link to state bill page