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type: "Bill"
title: "Disposal of firearms via trade for new equipment."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1143"
citation: "Indiana HB 1143 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["FIREARMS AND WEAPONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally", "PUBLIC RECORDS", "TRADE REGULATIONS; Generally"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Jim Lucas", "Scott Baldwin"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 21
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2024-01-08"
last_action: "2024-03-11"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a6bd6567-e5c3-4e63-9c6e-8f220f261f76"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1143"
source_hash: "766c5f9a4a4ebf9cfaa75e5ca63b281c45452d9e7f3df9c54ad8207adc724650"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["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](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1143/HB1143.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1143/HB1143.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1143/HB1143.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1143/HB1143.01.INTR.pdf)
## Votes
- HB 1143 - Lucas - 3rd Reading — **8314** (pass) · lower
- HB 1143 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **409** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a6bd6567-e5c3-4e63-9c6e-8f220f261f76`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).