Signed by Governor Eric Holcomb

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that expands stand your ground laws and authorizes concealed carry in churches that are connected to schools.

Highlights:

• 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).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to adopt a conference report that expands stand your ground laws and authorizes concealed carry in churches that are connected to schools.

Highlights:

• 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).

Full Bill Text