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| Bill | Shooting ranges. | Provides that the maintenance, repair, renovation, modernization, or expansion of buildings, structures, or facilities used in connection with a shooting range, including improvements to safety, security accessibility, or environmental controls, is a continuation of a permitted use and may not be treated by a local unit of government as: (1) an expansion of a nonconforming use; or (2) a basis to deny, delay, or condition approval of any permit that is otherwise required under applicable building codes or safety regulations. Provides that if an area is zoned for commercial use, a retail sporting goods store is a permitted use on each lot or parcel. Provides that if a property is zoned for commercial, industrial, or agricultural use, an indoor shooting range is permitted on any lot or parcel if certain conditions are satisfied. | us/states/in | Indiana General Assembly | 2026 | SB 176 | Indiana SB 176 (2026) |
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Indiana SB 176 (2026) — Shooting ranges.
Provides that the maintenance, repair, renovation, modernization, or expansion of buildings, structures, or facilities used in connection with a shooting range, including improvements to safety, security accessibility, or environmental controls, is a continuation of a permitted use and may not be treated by a local unit of government as: (1) an expansion of a nonconforming use; or (2) a basis to deny, delay, or condition approval of any permit that is otherwise required under applicable building codes or safety regulations. Provides that if an area is zoned for commercial use, a retail sporting goods store is a permitted use on each lot or parcel. Provides that if a property is zoned for commercial, industrial, or agricultural use, an indoor shooting range is permitted on any lot or parcel if certain conditions are satisfied.
Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
- Enrolled Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Introduced Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
- Senate Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
Votes
- SB 176 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — 65–25 (pass) · lower
- SB 176 - Tomes - 3rd Reading — 38–6 (pass) · upper
- SB 176 - Tomes — 42–8 (pass) · upper
- SB 176 - Smaltz — 67–25 (pass) · lower
Sponsors
- Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
- James Buck — primary (person)
- James Tomes — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Aaron Freeman — coauthor (person)
- Blake Doriot — coauthor (person)
- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
- Gary Byrne — coauthor (person)
- Jim Lucas — cosponsor (person)
- Jim Pressel — cosponsor (person)
- Liz Brown — coauthor (person)
- Matt Commons — cosponsor (person)
- Michael Crider — coauthor (person)
- Mike Bohacek — coauthor (person)
- Randy Maxwell — coauthor (person)
- Tyler Johnson — coauthor (person)
Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- 2026-01-05 Authored by Senator Tomes
- 2026-01-05 First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-01-20 Committee report: do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2026-01-22 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-01-26 Senator Young M added as third author
- 2026-01-26 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 75: yeas 38, nays 6
passage, reading-3, reading-3 - 2026-01-26 Senator Buck added as second author
- 2026-01-26 House sponsor: Representative Smaltz
- 2026-01-26 Senators Crider, Maxwell, Byrne, Johnson T, Bohacek added as coauthors
- 2026-01-26 Senator Brown L added as coauthor
- 2026-01-26 Senator Doriot added as coauthor
- 2026-01-27 Referred to the House
referral - 2026-01-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government
reading-1, referral-committee - 2026-02-02 Representative Pressel added as cosponsor
- 2026-02-02 Representatives Commons, Lucas added as cosponsors
- 2026-02-10 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted
committee-passage - 2026-02-12 Second reading: ordered engrossed
reading-2 - 2026-02-16 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 252: yeas 65, nays 25
passage, reading-3, reading-3 - 2026-02-17 Motion to dissent filed
filing - 2026-02-17 Returned to the Senate with amendments
receipt - 2026-02-17 Motion to concur filed
filing - 2026-02-17 Concurrence withdrawn
withdrawal - 2026-02-17 Senate dissented from House amendments
- 2026-02-18 House conferees appointed: Smaltz, Johnson B
- 2026-02-18 House advisors appointed: Commons, Lucas, Smith V
- 2026-02-19 Senate conferees appointed: Tomes, Taylor G
- 2026-02-19 Senate advisors appointed: Pol, Buck
- 2026-02-24 Representative Johnson B removed as conferee
- 2026-02-24 Representative Commons removed as advisor
- 2026-02-24 Representative Commons added as conferee
- 2026-02-25 Senator Garten added as conferee
- 2026-02-25 Senator Doriot added as conferee
- 2026-02-25 Senator Koch added as coauthor
- 2026-02-25 Senator Taylor G removed as conferee
- 2026-02-25 Senator Doriot removed as conferee
- 2026-02-26 Senator Freeman added as coauthor
- 2026-02-26 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate
filing - 2026-02-26 CCR # 1 filed in the House
filing - 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 309: yeas 42, nays 8
- 2026-02-27 Signed by the Speaker
passage - 2026-02-27 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 403: yeas 67, nays 25
- 2026-03-05 Public Law 117
became-law - 2026-03-05 Signed by the Governor
executive-signature - 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
passage - 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate
passage
Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/a47616b4-5c09-412f-9d90-ef0ce59fa593. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).