republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/hb-1177.md

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Bill	Firearms training for teachers.	Authorizes funds from the: (1) Indiana secured school fund; and (2) school corporation and charter school safety advance program; to be used for the purpose of providing specialized firearms instruction to certain teachers, school staff, and school employees, and for providing counseling services to students, teachers, school staff, and school employees in the event of a school shooting. Creates a specialized firearms safety, education, and training curriculum (curriculum) for teachers, school staff, and school employees. Specifies curriculum requirements. Requires a charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation to ensure that a teacher, school staff member, or school employee who receives training funded by a grant from the Indiana secured school fund complies with certain requirements. Provides that the identity of any person who: (1) enrolls in; (2) participates in; or (3) completes; the curriculum is confidential. Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the state police department, to identify a set of best practices and develop a set of educational materials concerning the safe possession and storage of a firearm in a home with a child. Provides that the department of education shall provide the best practices and educational materials to certain schools for annual distribution to parents of students. Provides that a public school or a state accredited nonpublic school may not conduct a training or drill for an employee of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at the employee unless: (1) the school informs the employee of the use of projectiles in the training or drill; and (2) the employee provides written consent. Provides that certain schools may not conduct or approve a training or drill for a student of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at a student. Provides that the prohibition on the possession of a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus does not apply to certain qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers. Makes conforming and technical amendments.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	HB 1177	Indiana HB 1177 (2023)	bill	EDUCATION Secretary of Education State Department and Boards PRIVATE SCHOOLS SCHOOLS Charter Schools SCHOOLS Funds and Budgets SCHOOLS Health and Safety Issues SCHOOLS Officers and Employees (other than teachers) SCHOOLS Teachers WEAPONS	enacted	Chris Garten Jim Lucas Scott Baldwin Travis Holdman	5	48	1	2023-01-10	2023-05-04	openstates	ocd-bill/2647e375-afec-4879-a340-d5e2808015e1	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/house/1177	c26ee5ec87139408f0d449ce7e9bedc7dc59dcd4c1751ad9bc5a4cd0513cc92b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1177 (2023) — Firearms training for teachers.

Authorizes funds from the: (1) Indiana secured school fund; and (2) school corporation and charter school safety advance program; to be used for the purpose of providing specialized firearms instruction to certain teachers, school staff, and school employees, and for providing counseling services to students, teachers, school staff, and school employees in the event of a school shooting. Creates a specialized firearms safety, education, and training curriculum (curriculum) for teachers, school staff, and school employees. Specifies curriculum requirements. Requires a charter school, accredited nonpublic school, or school corporation to ensure that a teacher, school staff member, or school employee who receives training funded by a grant from the Indiana secured school fund complies with certain requirements. Provides that the identity of any person who: (1) enrolls in; (2) participates in; or (3) completes; the curriculum is confidential. Requires the department of education, in collaboration with the state police department, to identify a set of best practices and develop a set of educational materials concerning the safe possession and storage of a firearm in a home with a child. Provides that the department of education shall provide the best practices and educational materials to certain schools for annual distribution to parents of students. Provides that a public school or a state accredited nonpublic school may not conduct a training or drill for an employee of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at the employee unless: (1) the school informs the employee of the use of projectiles in the training or drill; and (2) the employee provides written consent. Provides that certain schools may not conduct or approve a training or drill for a student of the school that includes, as any part of the training or drill, the expelling of any type of projectile at a student. Provides that the prohibition on the possession of a firearm in or on school property or on a school bus does not apply to certain qualified law enforcement officers and qualified retired law enforcement officers. Makes conforming and technical 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
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1177 - Holdman - 3rd Reading — 42–8 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Chris Garten — primary (person)
• Jim Lucas — primary (person)
• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Travis Holdman — primary (person)
• Chris Judy — coauthor (person)
• Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
• Gary Byrne — cosponsor (person)
• Jack Sandlin — cosponsor (person)
• Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
• John Crane — cosponsor (person)
• Matt Lehman — coauthor (person)
• Tyler Johnson — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-10 Authored by Representative Lucas
• 2023-01-10 First reading: referred to Committee on Education reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-10 Representative Lehman added as coauthor
• 2023-01-19 Representative Judy added as coauthor
• 2023-02-07 Representative Teshka J added as coauthor
• 2023-02-09 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-02-13 Amendment #1 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 100: yeas 29, nays 67 amendment-failure, failure
• 2023-02-13 Amendment #2 (DeLaney) failed; Roll Call 101: yeas 30, nays 66 amendment-failure, failure
• 2023-02-13 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-02-14 Senate sponsors: Senators Holdman, Garten, Baldwin
• 2023-02-14 Cosponsor: Senator Koch
• 2023-02-14 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 123: yeas 71, nays 24 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-02-15 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2023-02-27 First reading: referred to Committee on Education and Career Development reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-09 Senator Byrne added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-03 Senator Johnson added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-06 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
• 2023-04-06 Senator Crane added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-13 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-04-17 Amendment #2 (Hunley) failed; Roll Call 394: yeas 15, nays 34 amendment-failure, failure
• 2023-04-17 Amendment #4 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 395: yeas 16, nays 33 amendment-failure, failure
• 2023-04-17 Amendment #5 (Ford J.D.) failed; Roll Call 396: yeas 10, nays 39 amendment-failure, failure
• 2023-04-17 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-04-17 Senator Sandlin added as cosponsor
• 2023-04-18 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 434: yeas 42, nays 8 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-04-18 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-19 Motion to dissent filed filing
• 2023-04-19 House dissented from Senate amendments
• 2023-04-19 House conferees appointed: Lucas and DeLaney
• 2023-04-19 House advisors appointed: Lehman, Judy and Smith V
• 2023-04-20 Senate conferees appointed: Holdman and Ford J.D.
• 2023-04-20 Senate advisors appointed: Hunley, Garten and Baldwin
• 2023-04-25 Representative DeLaney removed as conferee
• 2023-04-25 Representative Smaltz added as conferee
• 2023-04-25 Senator Garten removed as advisor
• 2023-04-25 Senator Ford J.D. removed as conferee
• 2023-04-25 Senator Garten added as conferee
• 2023-04-25 Representative Smaltz removed as conferee
• 2023-04-25 Representative Teshka added as conferee
• 2023-04-26 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
• 2023-04-26 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
• 2023-04-26 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 513: yeas 72, nays 22
• 2023-04-26 Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 497: yeas 41, nays 8
• 2023-04-28 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-28 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-05-01 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-05-04 Public Law 218 became-law
• 2023-05-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/2647e375-afec-4879-a340-d5e2808015e1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).