Matt Pierce Did Not Vote on this Legislation.
Title: Expands "Stand Your Ground" Laws
Signed by Governor Eric Holcomb
Title: Expands "Stand Your Ground" Laws
Vote to adopt a conference report that expands stand your ground laws and authorizes concealed carry in churches that are connected to schools.
Expands the locations to be designated as voter registration offices to include (Sec. 2):
Each office affiliated with the Indiana state police;
Each office affiliated with the sheriff of a county; and
Each office affiliated with a municipal law enforcement agency.
Expands the persons to act as a “governing body” to include (Sec. 2):
The superintendent of state police;
The sheriff of a county; and
The chief of police or comparable law enforcement officer for a municipal law enforcement agency.
Authorizes the justified use of force in any claim or action initiated by a person who has been injured or damaged by the use of force, and whose conduct justified the use of force (Sec. 6).
Prohibits the estate, personal representative, spouse, or family member of the assailant from filing a claim or action for damages or compensation against a person who uses justified force if the assailant (Sec. 6):
Attempted to commit or committed a forcible felony at the time of such force; or
Attempted to cause or caused unlawful serious bodily injury to another person at the time of such force.
Prohibits a law enforcement agency that accepts an application for a handgun license, from collecting a fee from a person applying for a 5-year handgun license after June 30, 2020 (Sec. 8).
Expands the period of time in which a qualified license to carry a handgun can be valid, to 5 years (Sec. 9).
Authorizes a person to separately apply for and simultaneously hold both a 5-year license and a lifetime license (Sec. 9).
Authorizes a person who legally possesses a firearm to possess a firearm on school property in connection with or while (Sec. 11):
Attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship on school property; or
Carrying out the person’s official duties at a house of worship located on school property, if the person is employed by or a volunteer at the house of worship.
Specifies that it is the right of a property owner to prohibit the possession of a firearm on their property where a school or house of worship is located, is not affected (Sec. 11).
Establishes an emergency declaration for this act (Sec. 12).
Title: Expands "Stand Your Ground" Laws
Vote to adopt a conference report that expands stand your ground laws and authorizes concealed carry in churches that are connected to schools.
Expands the locations to be designated as voter registration offices to include (Sec. 2):
Each office affiliated with the Indiana state police;
Each office affiliated with the sheriff of a county; and
Each office affiliated with a municipal law enforcement agency.
Expands the persons to act as a “governing body” to include (Sec. 2):
The superintendent of state police;
The sheriff of a county; and
The chief of police or comparable law enforcement officer for a municipal law enforcement agency.
Authorizes the justified use of force in any claim or action initiated by a person who has been injured or damaged by the use of force, and whose conduct justified the use of force (Sec. 6).
Prohibits the estate, personal representative, spouse, or family member of the assailant from filing a claim or action for damages or compensation against a person who uses justified force if the assailant (Sec. 6):
Attempted to commit or committed a forcible felony at the time of such force; or
Attempted to cause or caused unlawful serious bodily injury to another person at the time of such force.
Prohibits a law enforcement agency that accepts an application for a handgun license, from collecting a fee from a person applying for a 5-year handgun license after June 30, 2020 (Sec. 8).
Expands the period of time in which a qualified license to carry a handgun can be valid, to 5 years (Sec. 9).
Authorizes a person to separately apply for and simultaneously hold both a 5-year license and a lifetime license (Sec. 9).
Authorizes a person who legally possesses a firearm to possess a firearm on school property in connection with or while (Sec. 11):
Attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship on school property; or
Carrying out the person’s official duties at a house of worship located on school property, if the person is employed by or a volunteer at the house of worship.
Specifies that it is the right of a property owner to prohibit the possession of a firearm on their property where a school or house of worship is located, is not affected (Sec. 11).
Establishes an emergency declaration for this act (Sec. 12).
Title: Expands "Stand Your Ground" Laws
Title: Expands "Stand Your Ground" Laws
Title: Expands "Stand Your Ground" Laws