Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation SB0049
Legislation Overview
Title: Unlawful viewpoint discrimination.
Description: Unlawful viewpoint discrimination. Provides that it is an unlawful discriminatory practice for a financial institution or a governmental entity to refuse to do business with, or otherwise discriminate against, a person because the person supports or is engaged in the lawful commerce of firearms, firearms accessories, or ammunition. Provides an exemption with respect to certain practices engaged in by a financial institution for a legitimate business reason or to comply with the directive of a regulator. Provides for a civil cause of action for a person aggrieved by an unlawful discriminatory practice. Provides that the attorney general may bring a civil action in the name of the state against a person believed to be engaging in, or to have previously engaged in, an unlawful discriminatory practice. Provides that if the attorney general prevails in such an action, the attorney general shall recommend to the governor the discontinuation of state business relations with any person found to have engaged in an unlawful discriminatory practice.
Session: 2021 Regular Session
Last Action: Senator Gaskill added as coauthor
Last Action Date: January 25, 2021
Sponsors
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4 sponsors: James Tomes (R); Blake Doriot (R); Jack Sandlin (R); Mike Gaskill (R);
Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 8% (4 of 50)
History
| Chamber | Date | Action |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2021 | Senator Sandlin added as third author |
| Senate | Jan 25, 2021 | Senator Gaskill added as coauthor |
| Senate | Jan 12, 2021 | Senator Doriot added as second author |
| Senate | Jan 4, 2021 | Authored by Senator Tomes |
| Senate | Jan 4, 2021 | First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions |
Texts
| Type | Date | State Link | Text |
| Introduced | Dec 28, 2020 | state link | bill text |
Amendments
| Title | Description | Date | State Link | Text | Adopted |
| There are no amendments to this bill at this time | |||||
Votes - Click on description to view vote roll call
There have not been any votes on this bill
Link: link to state bill page
