Indiana House Bill 1177
Session 2023
Firearms training for teachers.
Became Law
Signed by Governor on May 4, 2023
Sponsors
4 Sponsors
Jim Lucas
Travis Holdman
Chris Garten
Scott Baldwin
First Action
Jan 10, 2023
Latest Action
May 4, 2023
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1177
State
Indiana
Session
2023
Chris Garten
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Sponsor
Jim Lucas
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Author
Scott Baldwin
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Sponsor
Travis Holdman
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Sponsor
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House votes are unavailable for this bill.
Summary
Authorizes funds from the: (1) Indiana secured school fund; and (2) school corporation and charter school safety advance program; to be used for the purpose of providing specialized firearms instruction to certain teachers, school staff, and school employees, and for providing counseling services to students, teachers, school staff, and school employees in the event of a school shooting. Creates a specialized firearms safety, education, and training curriculum (curriculum) for teachers, school staff, and school employees. Specifies curriculum requirements. Requires a charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation to ensure that a teacher, school staff member, or school employee who receives training funded by a grant from the Indiana secured school fund complies with certain requirements. Provides that the identity of any person who: (1) enrolls in; (2) participates in; or (3) completes; the curriculum is confidential. Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the state police department, to identify a set of best practices and develop a set of educational materials concerning the safe possession and storage of a firearm in a home with a child. Provides that the department of education shall provide the best practices and educational materials to certain schools for annual distribution to parents of students. Provides that a public school or a state accredited nonpublic school may not conduct a training or drill for an employee of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at the employee unless: (1) the school informs the employee of the use of projectiles in the training or drill; and (2) the employee provides written consent. Provides that certain schools may not conduct or approve a training or drill for a student of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at a student. Provides that the prohibition on the possession of a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus does not apply to certain qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers. Makes conforming and technical amendments.
Enrolled House Bill (H)
April 27, 2023
Introduced House Bill (H)
January 10, 2023
House Bill (H)
February 9, 2023
House Bill (S)
April 13, 2023
Fiscal Note: HB1177.05.ENRS.FN001
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05/04/2023
Office of the Governor
Signed by the Governor
05/04/2023
House
Public Law 218
05/01/2023
House
Signed by the Speaker
04/28/2023
Senate
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
04/28/2023
Senate
Signed by the President of the Senate
04/26/2023
Senate
Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 497: yeas 41, nays 8
04/26/2023
House
Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 513: yeas 72, nays 22
04/26/2023
House
CCR # 1 filed in the House
04/26/2023
Senate
CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
04/25/2023
House
Representative Teshka added as conferee
04/25/2023
House
Representative Smaltz removed as conferee
04/25/2023
Senate
Senator Garten added as conferee
04/25/2023
Senate
Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee
04/25/2023
Senate
Senator Garten removed as advisor
04/25/2023
House
Representative Smaltz added as conferee
04/25/2023
House
Representative DeLaney removed as conferee
04/20/2023
Senate
Senate advisors appointed: Hunley, Garten and Baldwin
04/20/2023
Senate
Senate conferees appointed: Holdman and Ford J.D.
04/19/2023
House
House advisors appointed: Lehman, Judy and Smith V
04/19/2023
House
House conferees appointed: Lucas and DeLaney
04/19/2023
House
House dissented from Senate amendments
04/19/2023
House
Motion to dissent filed
04/18/2023
Senate
Returned to the House with amendments
04/18/2023
Senate
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 42, nays 8
04/17/2023
Senate
Senator Sandlin added as cosponsor
04/17/2023
Senate
Second reading: ordered engrossed
04/17/2023
Senate
Amendment #5 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 396: yeas 10, nays 39
04/17/2023
Senate
Amendment #4 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 395: yeas 16, nays 33
04/17/2023
Senate
Amendment #2 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 394: yeas 15, nays 34
04/13/2023
Senate
Committee report: do pass, adopted
04/06/2023
Senate
Senator Crane added as cosponsor
04/06/2023
Senate
Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations
04/03/2023
Senate
Senator Johnson added as cosponsor
03/09/2023
Senate
Senator Byrne added as cosponsor
02/27/2023
Senate
First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development
02/15/2023
House
Referred to the Senate
02/14/2023
House
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 123: yeas 71, nays 24
02/14/2023
House
Cosponsor: Senator Koch
02/14/2023
House
Senate sponsors: Senators Holdman, Garten, Baldwin
02/13/2023
House
Second reading: ordered engrossed
02/13/2023
House
Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 101: yeas 30, nays 66
02/13/2023
House
Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 100: yeas 29, nays 67
02/09/2023
House
Committee report: do pass, adopted
02/07/2023
House
Representative Teshka J added as coauthor
01/19/2023
House
Representative Judy added as coauthor
01/10/2023
House
Representative Lehman added as coauthor
01/10/2023
House
First reading: referred to Committee on Education
01/10/2023
House
Authored by Representative Lucas
Sources
IN Legislature
Open States
Record Created
Jan 10, 2023 4:57:23 PM
Record Updated
Nov 21, 2023 9:32:23 AM