---
type: "Bill"
title: "Insurance mandated gun free zone notices."
description: "Provides that an insurer may not require an insured or prospective insured to post or display a gun free zone notice."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2026"
identifier: "HB 1274"
citation: "Indiana HB 1274 (2026)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREARMS AND WEAPONS", "INSURANCE; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "James Tomes", "Matt Commons"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2026-01-06"
last_action: "2026-03-03"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/99c9bcb3-3594-4ca6-802b-5b028eb19e1f"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1274"
source_hash: "4bbf12b4276d4768fedf13db62f4173487637c90311df06ec529a3d7af2ae541"
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 1274 (2026) — Insurance mandated gun free zone notices.

Provides that an insurer may not require an insured or prospective insured to post or display a gun free zone notice.

## 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/124/2026/house/bills/HB1274/HB1274.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1274/HB1274.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1274/HB1274.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2026/house/bills/HB1274/HB1274.01.INTR.pdf)

## Votes

- HB 1274 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **39–9** (pass) · upper
- HB 1274 - Commons - 3rd Reading — **69–25** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Matt Commons — primary (person)
- Garrett Bascom — coauthor (person)
- James Buck — cosponsor (person)
- Martin Carbaugh — coauthor (person)
- Robb Greene — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-01-06** Authored by Representative Commons
- **2026-01-06** Coauthored by Representatives Bascom, Greene, Ireland
- **2026-01-06** First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-01-12** Representative Carbaugh added as coauthor
- **2026-01-12** Representative Ireland removed as coauthor
- **2026-01-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-01-22** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
- **2026-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 129: yeas 69, nays 25 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-01-29** Referred to the Senate `referral`
- **2026-02-02** First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2026-02-12** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2026-02-17** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2026-02-19** Senator Tomes added as second sponsor
- **2026-02-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 249: yeas 39, nays 9 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
- **2026-02-24** Senator Buck added as cosponsor
- **2026-02-25** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
- **2026-02-25** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Public Law 61 `became-law`
- **2026-02-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
- **2026-03-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/99c9bcb3-3594-4ca6-802b-5b028eb19e1f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).