---
type: "Bill"
title: "Information privacy relating to firearms."
description: "Specifies the circumstances under which information concerning a person who applies for or holds a license to carry a handgun may be released to a federal government entity."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2023"
identifier: "HB 1323"
citation: "Indiana HB 1323 (2023)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["PRIVACY", "RIGHT TO", "UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Craig Haggard", "James Tomes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 24
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2023-01-12"
last_action: "2023-04-05"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fc2e8bd0-9d87-4227-91ea-58ce98a5030d"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1323"
source_hash: "b1f485a094c085e33cfe659d313410c08f7bd33d3ce05afdfb246de89565d749"
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 1323 (2023) — Information privacy relating to firearms.

Specifies the circumstances under which information concerning a person who applies for or holds a license to carry a handgun may be released to a federal government entity.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1323/versions/HB1323.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1323/versions/HB1323.02.COMH)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1323/versions/HB1323.03.COMS)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HB1323/versions/HB1323.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1323 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **47–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- Craig Haggard — primary (person)
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- John Crane — cosponsor (person)
- Michelle Davis — coauthor (person)
- Mike Speedy — coauthor (person)
- Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2023-01-12** Authored by Representative Haggard
- **2023-01-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-01-12** Representative Davis M added as coauthor
- **2023-01-19** Representatives Speedy and McGuire J added as coauthors
- **2023-01-30** Representative McGuire J removed as coauthor
- **2023-01-31** Representative Bartels added as coauthor
- **2023-02-02** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-02-06** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-02-07** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 91: yeas 81, nays 13 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-02-07** Senate sponsors: Senators Freeman and Tomes
- **2023-02-08** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2023-02-27** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2023-03-07** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2023-03-09** Senator Crane added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-13** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2023-03-13** Senator Koch added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-14** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 218: yeas 47, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2023-03-14** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
- **2023-03-15** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2023-04-05** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-05** Public Law 13 `became-law`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fc2e8bd0-9d87-4227-91ea-58ce98a5030d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).