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Proposed Indiana Firearm Legislation SB0139

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Legislation Overview

Title: Expungement and firearms.

Description: Expungement and firearms. Specifies, for purposes of the expungement statute, that a person whose conviction for a serious violent felony involving the possession or use of a firearm is expunged is entitled to restoration of the person's right to possess a firearm only if the court finds, following a hearing, that restoration of the person's right to possess a firearm is unlikely to present a danger to the public.

Session: 2025 Regular Session

Last Action: Senator Tomes added as second author

Last Action Date: January 13, 2025

Sponsors

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2 sponsors: Michael Crider (R); James Tomes (R);

Percentage of Senate sponsoring bill: 4% (2 of 50)

History
Chamber Date Action
Senate Jan 13, 2025 Senator Tomes added as second author
Senate Jan 8, 2025 Authored by Senator Crider
Senate Jan 8, 2025 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
Texts
Type Date State Link Text
Introduced Dec 30, 2024 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

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