Indiana House Bill 1235 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 6-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 20 2019 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2019-03-04 - First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
Pending: Senate Corrections & Criminal Law Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Judicial officers and public safety officials. Provides that a person commits battery on a public safety official if the offense is committed against a current or former public safety official: (1) while the official is engaged in the official's official duty; or (2) in retaliation for the official having engaged in the official's official duty. (Under current law, a person commits the offense only if the official is acting in the person's official duty.) Exempts a person who retires from judicial office after at least 20 years of service or because of a disability from the payment of the fee for a license to carry a handgun. Permits a former judicial officer to possess and use a handgun in the same locations as a judicial officer, and requires the supreme court to annually issue an identification card to a former judicial officer.

Judicial officers and public safety officials. Provides that a person commits battery on a public safety official if the offense is committed against a current or former public safety official: (1) while the official is engaged in the official's official duty; or (2) in retaliation for the official having engaged in the official's official duty. (Under current law, a person commits the offense only if the official is acting in the person's official duty.) Exempts a person who retires from judicial office after at least 20 years of service or because of a disability from the payment of the fee for a license to carry a handgun. Permits a former judicial officer to possess and use a handgun in the same locations as a judicial officer, and requires the supreme court to annually issue an identification card to a former judicial officer.

Rep. Anthony Cook [R]	Rep. Gerald Torr [R]	Rep. Matthew Lehman [R]	Rep. Ryan Dvorak [D]
Rep. Steve Bartels [R]	Rep. John Young [R]	Sen. Randall Head [R]

2019-02-19 - House - Third reading (Y: 92 N: 4 NV: 1 Abs: 3) [PASS]
2019-02-13 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 11 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-03-04	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
2019-02-20	House	Referred to the Senate
2019-02-19	House	Senate sponsor: Senator Head
2019-02-19	House	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 216: yeas 92, nays 4
2019-02-18	House	Representatives Bartels and Young J added as coauthors
2019-02-18	House	Rule 105.1 suspended
2019-02-18	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-02-14	House	Representative Dvorak added as coauthor
2019-02-14	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-01-15	House	Representative Lehman added as coauthor
2019-01-10	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
2019-01-10	House	Coauthored by Representative Torr
2019-01-10	House	Authored by Representative Cook

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1235/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/c/d/8/0cd8ca72/HB1235.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/3/4/8/134820a7/HB1235.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/e/9/c/ce9cdd28/HB1235.02.COMH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/e/1/d/9e1dbf1a/HB1235.01.INTR.01.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/7/c/7/57c7797f/HB1235.216.pdf