republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1558.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Indiana crime guns task force."
description: "Establishes the Indiana crime guns task force (task force) to address violent crime in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Johnson, and Shelby counties by delivering, in cooperation with state and federal officials, a uniform strategy to trace firearms used to commit crimes. Establishes an executive board to direct and oversee the task force. Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute to establish and administer the task force fund. Makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1558"
citation: "Indiana HB 1558 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES generally", "LAW ENFORCEMENT generally", "WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gregory Steuerwald", "Kyle Walker", "Michael Young", "Scott Baldwin"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 30
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-14"
last_action: "2021-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/be6bd55e-5a99-450a-914a-786abf4a5b00"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1558"
source_hash: "a17d9588f75f4030c6217b424120375c78e5337e74b1acb6d974d08c72140331"
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 1558 (2021) — Indiana crime guns task force.

Establishes the Indiana crime guns task force (task force) to address violent crime in Boone, Hamilton, Hancock, Hendricks, Marion, Morgan, Johnson, and Shelby counties by delivering, in cooperation with state and federal officials, a uniform strategy to trace firearms used to commit crimes. Establishes an executive board to direct and oversee the task force. Requires the Indiana criminal justice institute to establish and administer the task force fund. Makes conforming amendments.

## 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/2021/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.06.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.03.COMH)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.05.COMS)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.04.COMS)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1558/versions/HB1558.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1558 - Young M - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
- Fady Qaddoura — cosponsor (person)
- Greg Taylor — cosponsor (person)
- J.D. Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Jack Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
- John Bartlett — coauthor (person)
- Jon Ford — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crider — cosponsor (person)
- Shelli Yoder — cosponsor (person)
- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-14** Authored by Representative Steuerwald
- **2021-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-02-11** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-11** Referred to the Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2021-02-16** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-22** Senate sponsors: Senators Young M, Walker K, Baldwin
- **2021-02-22** Cosponsor: Senator Taylor G
- **2021-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 204: yeas 96, nays 1 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-22** Representatives McNamara and Bartlett added as coauthors
- **2021-02-23** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-03-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Senator Ford J.D. added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-18** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-18** Senator Sandlin added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-25** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-25** Senator Crider added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-25** Senator Ford Jon added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-25** Senator Qaddoura added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-30** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-04-05** Senator Yoder added as cosponsor
- **2021-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 362: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-04-07** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-12** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 423: yeas 91, nays 1 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-23** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-28** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-29** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-29** Public Law 217

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/be6bd55e-5a99-450a-914a-786abf4a5b00`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).