SB 163 Indiana Senate · 2024 Regular Session

Firearms.

Summary
Prohibits a person from carrying a firearm in or near: (1) a chute; (2) polls; (3) certain areas where voters congregate or are likely to congregate; or (4) any room where ballots are being counted. Provides that the offense is a Class C misdemeanor, enhanced to a: (1) Class A misdemeanor if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for the offense; or (2) Level 6 felony if the firearm is pointed at another person. Specifies a defense and certain notice requirements. Prohibits other defenses. Changes the minimum age required to carry a handgun to 21 years of age. Makes it a Level 5 felony to possess a privately made firearm. Makes it a Level 5 felony to alter, obliterate, or remove certain marks of firearm identification or to possess a firearm on which those marks of identification have been altered, obliterated, or removed. Defines terms. Makes conforming amendments.
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Introduced Jan 8, 2024 Last action Jan 8, 2024
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Lonnie Randolph
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