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type: "Bill"
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title: "Sentence enhancement for use of firearm."
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description: "Adds an investigator for the inspector general to the definition of \"police officer\" for purposes of the statute providing a sentence enhancement for individuals who point or discharge a firearm at a police officer while committing certain crimes."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2022"
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identifier: "SB 19"
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citation: "Indiana SB 19 (2022)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Sentencing", "CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Weapons", "INSPECTOR GENERAL"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Chris Jeter", "Mike Gaskill"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 20
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2022-01-04"
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last_action: "2022-03-07"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/e7974998-82e1-41c4-92be-957818171436"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2022/bills/senate/19"
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source_hash: "7193d90accc44e6f3e8f670a772f0b3b295ebb311448e9f20df63ef0d48b7d88"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 19 (2022) — Sentence enhancement for use of firearm.
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Adds an investigator for the inspector general to the definition of "police officer" for purposes of the statute providing a sentence enhancement for individuals who point or discharge a firearm at a police officer while committing certain crimes.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0019/versions/SB0019.04.ENRH)
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2. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0019/versions/SB0019.01.INTR)
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3. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0019/versions/SB0019.03.COMH)
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4. **Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2022/bills/SB0019/versions/SB0019.02.COMS)
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## Votes
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- SB 19 - Jeter C - 3rd Reading — **92–0** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Chris Jeter — primary (person)
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- Mike Gaskill — primary (person)
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- Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2022-01-04** Authored by Senator Gaskill
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- **2022-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-10** Pursuant to Senate Rule 68(b); reassigned to Committee on Judiciary `referral-committee`
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- **2022-01-13** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-01-18** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-01-18** Senator Freeman added as second author
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- **2022-01-24** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 39, nays 8 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-01-24** House sponsor: Representative Jeter
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- **2022-01-26** Referred to the House
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- **2022-01-31** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2022-02-15** Representative Bartels added as cosponsor
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- **2022-02-17** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2022-02-21** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2022-02-22** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 224: yeas 92, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2022-02-23** Returned to the Senate without amendments
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2022-03-01** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2022-03-07** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2022-03-07** Public Law 4
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- **2022-03-07** Signed by the President of the Senate
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/e7974998-82e1-41c4-92be-957818171436`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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