Indiana House Bill 1643 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2019 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2019-02-25 - Representative Goodin removed as coauthor
Text: Latest bill text (Amended) [PDF]

Firearms matters. Designates the following as voter registration offices: (1) Each office affiliated with the Indiana state police. (2) Each office affiliated with the sheriff of a county. (3) Each office affiliated with a municipal law enforcement agency. Specifies that each issuance of a hunting, fishing, or trapping license shall be accompanied by a mail in voter registration form. Permits a person who may legally possess a firearm to possess a firearm on school property if the person possesses the firearm: (1) as an employee or volunteer of a house of worship located on the school property; or (2) while attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Provides that an individual may simultaneously hold both a five year license and a lifetime license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to consult available local, state, and federal criminal history data banks, including the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), when determining whether possession of a firearm by an applicant would be a violation of state or federal law. Modifies the state fees for five year licenses beginning July 1, 2020. Excludes certain nonexclusive uses of school property from the statutory definition of "school property".

Firearms matters. Designates the following as voter registration offices: (1) Each office affiliated with the Indiana state police. (2) Each office affiliated with the sheriff of a county. (3) Each office affiliated with a municipal law enforcement agency. Specifies that each issuance of a hunting, fishing, or trapping license shall be accompanied by a mail in voter registration form. Permits a person who may legally possess a firearm to possess a firearm on school property if the person possesses the firearm: (1) as an employee or volunteer of a house of worship located on the school property; or (2) while attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship. Increases the duration of a four year handgun license to five years. Provides that an individual may simultaneously hold both a five year license and a lifetime license. Requires a law enforcement officer to whom an application for a handgun license is made to consult available local, state, and federal criminal history data banks, including the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS), when determining whether possession of a firearm by an applicant would be a violation of state or federal law. Modifies the state fees for five year licenses beginning July 1, 2020. Excludes certain nonexclusive uses of school property from the statutory definition of "school property".

Rep. Ben Smaltz [R]

Rep. Timothy Wesco [R]

Rep. Mike Speedy [R]

2019-02-19 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 16 N: 4 NV: 0 Abs: 4) [PASS]
2019-02-12 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 16 N: 6 NV: 0 Abs: 2) [PASS]
2019-02-06 - House - House - Committee Vote (Y: 13 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2019-02-25	House	Representative Goodin removed as coauthor
2019-02-21	House	Amendment #3 (Forestal) ruled out of order
2019-02-21	House	Second reading: ordered engrossed
2019-02-20	House	Representative Goodin added as coauthor
2019-02-19	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-02-18	House	Referred to Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 84
2019-02-14	House	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2019-02-12	House	Representative Speedy added as coauthor
2019-02-07	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
2019-02-07	House	Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
2019-02-04	House	Representative Wesco added as coauthor
2019-01-24	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2019-01-24	House	Authored by Representative Smaltz

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2019/bills/house/1643/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/e/c/b/5/ecb599b8/HB1643.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/f/9/3/df933dd7/HB1643.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/a/a/5/7/aa57d3c5/HB1643.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/f/d/2/3fd2896f/HB1643.02.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/7/0/5/57051a75/HB1643.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/e/2/4/1e24d8c8/HB1643.03.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/8/7/4/4/874489c2/HB1643.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/9/6/9/a/969af8c7/HB1643.04.COMH.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/e/8/a/5e8a3184/HB1643.05.COMH.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/4/4/d/244dac06/HB1643.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/0/d/0/3/0d030e2e/HB1643.02.COMH.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/1/f/4/b/1f4b53ca/HB1643.04.COMH.00.pdf