republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1143.md

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Bill	Disposal of firearms via trade for new equipment.	Permits a law enforcement agency to dispose of certain confiscated firearms by trade with a licensed firearms dealer, a licensed firearm manufacturer, or another law enforcement agency in exchange for new firearms and other law enforcement equipment. Sets forth the recording and reporting requirements for the trade of firearms by a law enforcement agency.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1143	Indiana HB 1143 (2024)	bill	FIREARMS AND WEAPONS LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally PUBLIC RECORDS TRADE REGULATIONS; Generally	enacted	Aaron Freeman Eric Koch Jim Lucas Scott Baldwin	4	21	2	2024-01-08	2024-03-11	openstates	ocd-bill/a6bd6567-e5c3-4e63-9c6e-8f220f261f76	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1143	766c5f9a4a4ebf9cfaa75e5ca63b281c45452d9e7f3df9c54ad8207adc724650	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1143 (2024) — Disposal of firearms via trade for new equipment.

Permits a law enforcement agency to dispose of certain confiscated firearms by trade with a licensed firearms dealer, a licensed firearm manufacturer, or another law enforcement agency in exchange for new firearms and other law enforcement equipment. Sets forth the recording and reporting requirements for the trade of firearms by a law enforcement agency.

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. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1143 - Lucas - 3rd Reading — 83–14 (pass) · lower
• HB 1143 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 40–9 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Jim Lucas — primary (person)
• Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
• Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
• James Buck — cosponsor (person)
• James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)
• Steve Bartels — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-08 Authored by Representative Lucas
• 2024-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Veterans Affairs and Public Safety reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-29 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-29 Representatives Bartels, Jeter C, Torr added as coauthors
• 2024-01-31 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-05 Senate sponsors: Senators Koch, Freeman, Baldwin
• 2024-02-05 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 134: yeas 83, nays 14 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-06 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-20 Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-20 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-26 Senator Buck added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-26 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 194: yeas 40, nays 9 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-26 Senator Tomes added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-27 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2024-03-04 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-05 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-11 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-11 Public Law 56 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a6bd6567-e5c3-4e63-9c6e-8f220f261f76. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).