republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2024/hb-1235.md

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Bill	Prohibited causes of action concerning firearms.	Provides that only the state of Indiana may bring or maintain an action by or on behalf of a political subdivision against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, seller, or dealer, concerning certain matters. Prohibits a political subdivision from otherwise independently bringing or maintaining such an action. Specifies exceptions.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2024	HB 1235	Indiana HB 1235 (2024)	bill	CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally FIREARMS AND WEAPONS	enacted	Aaron Freeman Blake Doriot Chris Jeter James Tomes	4	29	5	2024-01-09	2024-03-15	openstates	ocd-bill/a7a4499c-3ae3-46a5-bb6d-180ef3c404ea	https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1235	32e47d077de13b396d0740ca9b20537f76a0d49432552bae06ad1123062f1d89	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1235 (2024) — Prohibited causes of action concerning firearms.

Provides that only the state of Indiana may bring or maintain an action by or on behalf of a political subdivision against a firearm or ammunition manufacturer, trade association, seller, or dealer, concerning certain matters. Prohibits a political subdivision from otherwise independently bringing or maintaining such an action. Specifies exceptions.

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 1235 - Jeter — 65–26 (pass) · lower
• HB 1235 - Jeter C - 3rd Reading — 68–27 (pass) · lower
• HB 1235 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — 33–15 (pass) · upper
• HB 1235 - Freeman - 2nd Reading — 18–31 (fail) · upper
• HB 1235 - Freeman - 2nd Reading — 17–32 (fail) · upper

Sponsors

• Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
• Blake Doriot — primary (person)
• Chris Jeter — primary (person)
• James Tomes — primary (person)
• Ethan Manning — coauthor (person)
• James Buck — cosponsor (person)
• Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
• John Crane — cosponsor (person)
• Michelle Davis — coauthor (person)
• Mike Bohacek — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2024-01-09 Authored by Representative Jeter
• 2024-01-09 Coauthored by Representatives Manning and Davis
• 2024-01-09 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-01-18 Representative Torr added as coauthor
• 2024-01-18 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-01-22 Amendment #1 (Errington) ruled out of order
• 2024-01-24 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2024-01-23 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 37: yeas 68, nays 27 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-01-23 Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
• 2024-02-12 Senator Tomes added as second sponsor
• 2024-02-12 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law reading-1, referral-committee
• 2024-02-22 Senator Doriot added as third sponsor
• 2024-02-22 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2024-02-22 Senator Bohacek added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-26 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2024-02-26 Amendment #2 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 182: yeas 17, nays 32 amendment-failure, failure
• 2024-02-26 Amendment #1 (Pol) failed; Roll Call 181: yeas 18, nays 31 amendment-failure, failure
• 2024-02-27 Senator Crane added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-27 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 213: yeas 33, nays 15 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2024-02-27 Senator Buck added as cosponsor
• 2024-02-28 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2024-03-05 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2024-03-05 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 281: yeas 65, nays 26
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2024-03-07 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2024-03-08 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
• 2024-03-15 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2024-03-15 Public Law 170 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a7a4499c-3ae3-46a5-bb6d-180ef3c404ea. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).