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Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation HB1282

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Legislation Overview

Title: Citizen's arrests.

Description: Citizen's arrests. Specifies that a person may perform a citizen's arrest only if: (1) the arrest is justified under the self-defense statute; (2) the arrest is justified under the shoplifter or unlawful recording detention statutes; or (3) the arrest is based on a criminal offense committed on private property in the presence of the arresting person, if the arresting person has a contractual interest in the property or is an employee of an establishment located on the property. Makes conforming amendments.

Session: 2021 Regular Session

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

Last Action Date: January 14, 2021

Sponsors

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1 sponsors: Earl Harris (D);

Percentage of House Of Representatives sponsoring bill: 1% (1 of 100)

History
Chamber Date Action
House Jan 14, 2021 Authored by Representative Harris
House Jan 14, 2021 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Jan 8, 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

There have not been any votes on this bill

Link: link to state bill page

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