Indiana Senate Bill 291 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: Engrossed on February 5 2020 - 50% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-02-11 - First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
Pending: House Public Policy Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Engrossed) [PDF]

Law enforcement officers and handguns in a casino. Defines "licensed facility" to include gambling game facilities, satellite facilities, riverboats, and property that contains both a gambling game facility and a racetrack with live horse racing. Defines "law enforcement officer" to also include an off-duty law enforcement officer and a qualified retired law enforcement officer under 18 U.S.C. 926C. Requires the gaming commission (commission) to adopt rules: (1) permitting a law enforcement officer to carry a handgun in a licensed facility; (2) requiring a law enforcement officer who is carrying a handgun to notify an enforcement agent or the commission that the law enforcement officer is carrying a handgun; (3) requiring the licensed facility to provide the law enforcement officer with a wristband or other identifiable item that will inform the licensed facility and its agents that the law enforcement officer is carrying a handgun; and (4) implementing a reasonable method to enforce the new rules. Provides that the commission is not prohibited from adopting its own rules or policies concerning the carrying of handguns by its employees or enforcement agents.

Law enforcement officers and handguns in a casino.

Sen. Ronald Grooms [R]	Sen. Eric Koch [R]	Sen. Jack Sandlin [R]	Sen. Jean Leising [R]
Rep. Edward Clere [R]	Rep. Karen Engleman [R]	Rep. Sean Eberhart [R]	Rep. Terry Goodin [D]

2020-02-04 - Senate - Senate - Third reading (Y: 40 N: 9 NV: 0 Abs: 1) [PASS]
2020-01-22 - Senate - Senate - Committee Vote (Y: 8 N: 3 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-02-11	House	First reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
2020-02-05	Senate	Referred to the House
2020-02-04	Senate	Senator Leising added as coauthor
2020-02-04	Senate	Cosponsors: Representatives Engleman, Eberhart, Goodin
2020-02-04	Senate	House sponsor: Representative Clere
2020-02-04	Senate	Third reading: passed; Roll Call 157: yeas 40, nays 9
2020-02-03	Senate	Amendment #2 (Grooms) prevailed; voice vote
2020-02-03	Senate	Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-01-28	Senate	Placed back on second reading
2020-01-27	Senate	Amendment #1 (Grooms) prevailed; Division of the Senate: yeas 39, nays 9
2020-01-27	Senate	Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
2020-01-23	Senate	Senator Sandlin added as coauthor
2020-01-23	Senate	Committee report: do pass, adopted
2020-01-21	Senate	Senator Koch added as second author
2020-01-09	Senate	First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary
2020-01-09	Senate	Authored by Senator Grooms

Type	Source
Summary	https://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/senate/291/details
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/3/5/e/0/35e01d5a/SB0291.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/5/0/0/55007d25/SB0291.01.INTR.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/3/d/e/63de1ed3/SB0291.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/2/f/0/e/2f0e6fc7/SB0291.02.COMS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/6/0/1/6/601663c5/SB0291.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/5/5/3/8/55380f93/SB0291.03.ENGS.pdf
Text	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/c/c/6/4/cc64f98a/SB0291.04.ENGS.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/d/5/a/f/d5af2604/SB0291.01.INTR.00.pdf
Roll Call	http://iga.in.gov/static-documents/4/b/9/d/4b9d84e0/SB0291.157_S.pdf