republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2023/sb-77.md

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Bill	Throwing stars.	Makes throwing stars legal in Indiana except for on school property.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2023	SB 77	Indiana SB 77 (2023)	bill	CRIMES AND OFFENSES Weapons WEAPONS	enacted	Dale DeVon Linda Rogers Liz Brown	5	23	1	2023-01-09	2023-04-20	openstates	ocd-bill/da6c19ee-136a-4fe0-ba63-7e7767bde672	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/bills/senate/77	fc0e03d5b3449cbda9e1db163913883702fea368e2e3b2906761e4821249be0a	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana SB 77 (2023) — Throwing stars.

Makes throwing stars legal in Indiana except for on school property.

Version chain

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

1. Engrossed Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
2. Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
3. Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
5. Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• SB 77 - DeVon - 3rd Reading — 90–6 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Dale DeVon — primary (person)
• Linda Rogers — primary (person)
• Liz Brown — primary (person)
• Craig Haggard — cosponsor (person)
• Joanna King — cosponsor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
• Steve Bartels — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2023-01-09 Authored by Senators Brown L and Rogers
• 2023-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-01-26 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-01-30 Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2023-01-30 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-01-31 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 43: yeas 48, nays 1 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-01-31 House sponsor: Representative DeVon
• 2023-01-31 Cosponsors: Representatives Bartels and King J
• 2023-01-31 Senator Randolph added as coauthor
• 2023-02-02 Referred to the House referral
• 2023-02-20 Representative Haggard C added as cosponsor
• 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2023-03-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2023-03-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2023-03-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 308: yeas 90, nays 6 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2023-03-29 Returned to the Senate with amendments receipt
• 2023-04-03 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2023-04-04 Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 313: yeas 46, nays 2
• 2023-04-06 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2023-04-11 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2023-04-18 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2023-04-20 Public Law 22 became-law
• 2023-04-20 Signed by the Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da6c19ee-136a-4fe0-ba63-7e7767bde672. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).