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+type: "Bill"
+title: "Prohibited causes of action concerning firearms."
+description: "Provides that only the state of Indiana may bring or maintain an action by or on behalf of a political subdivision against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, seller, or dealer, concerning certain matters. Prohibits a political subdivision from otherwise independently bringing or maintaining such an action. Specifies exceptions."
+jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
+legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
+session: "2024"
+identifier: "HB 1235"
+citation: "Indiana HB 1235 (2024)"
+classification: ["bill"]
+subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "FIREARMS AND WEAPONS"]
+status: "enacted"
+primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Blake Doriot", "Chris Jeter", "James Tomes"]
+version_count: 4
+action_count: 29
+vote_count: 5
+first_action: "2024-01-09"
+last_action: "2024-03-15"
+source: "openstates"
+source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7a4499c-3ae3-46a5-bb6d-180ef3c404ea"
+source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1235"
+source_hash: "32e47d077de13b396d0740ca9b20537f76a0d49432552bae06ad1123062f1d89"
+vintage: "2026-07-01"
+source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
+retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
+confidence: "reported"
+tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
+---
+
+# Indiana HB 1235 (2024) — Prohibited causes of action concerning firearms.
+
+Provides that only the state of Indiana may bring or maintain an action by or on behalf of a political subdivision against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, seller, or dealer, concerning certain matters. Prohibits a political subdivision from otherwise independently bringing or maintaining such an action. Specifies exceptions.
+
+## Version chain
+
+The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
+
+1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1235/HB1235.04.ENRS.pdf)
+2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1235/HB1235.03.COMS.pdf)
+3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1235/HB1235.02.COMH.pdf)
+4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1235/HB1235.01.INTR.pdf)
+
+## Votes
+
+- HB 1235 - Jeter — **65–26** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1235 - Jeter C - 3rd Reading — **68–27** (pass) · lower
+- HB 1235 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **33–15** (pass) · upper
+- HB 1235 - Freeman - 2nd Reading — **18–31** (fail) · upper
+- HB 1235 - Freeman - 2nd Reading — **17–32** (fail) · upper
+
+## Sponsors
+
+- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
+- Blake Doriot — primary (person)
+- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
+- James Tomes — primary (person)
+- Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)
+- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
+- Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
+- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
+- Michelle Davis — coauthor (person)
+- Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
+
+## Timeline
+
+The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
+
+- **2024-01-09** Authored by Representative Jeter
+- **2024-01-09** Coauthored by Representatives Manning and Davis
+- **2024-01-09** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-01-18** Representative Torr added as coauthor
+- **2024-01-18** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-01-22** Amendment #1 (Errington) ruled out of order
+- **2024-01-24** Referred to the Senate `referral`
+- **2024-01-23** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 37: yeas 68, nays 27 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-01-23** Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
+- **2024-02-12** Senator Tomes added as second sponsor
+- **2024-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
+- **2024-02-22** Senator Doriot added as third sponsor
+- **2024-02-22** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
+- **2024-02-22** Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor
+- **2024-02-26** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
+- **2024-02-26** Amendment #2 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 182: yeas 17, nays 32 `amendment-failure, failure`
+- **2024-02-26** Amendment #1 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 181: yeas 18, nays 31 `amendment-failure, failure`
+- **2024-02-27** Senator Crane added as cosponsor
+- **2024-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 213: yeas 33, nays 15 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
+- **2024-02-27** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
+- **2024-02-28** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
+- **2024-03-05** Motion to concur filed `filing`
+- **2024-03-05** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 281: yeas 65, nays 26
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
+- **2024-03-07** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
+- **2024-03-08** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
+- **2024-03-15** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
+- **2024-03-15** Public Law 170 `became-law`
+
+## Source
+
+OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7a4499c-3ae3-46a5-bb6d-180ef3c404ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
+