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type: "Bill"
title: "Prohibited causes of action concerning firearms."
description: "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."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2024"
identifier: "HB 1235"
citation: "Indiana HB 1235 (2024)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["CIVIL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Generally", "FIREARMS AND WEAPONS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Blake Doriot", "Chris Jeter", "James Tomes"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 29
vote_count: 5
first_action: "2024-01-09"
last_action: "2024-03-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/a7a4499c-3ae3-46a5-bb6d-180ef3c404ea"
source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2024/bills/hb1235"
source_hash: "32e47d077de13b396d0740ca9b20537f76a0d49432552bae06ad1123062f1d89"
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 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](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1235/HB1235.04.ENRS.pdf)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1235/HB1235.03.COMS.pdf)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1235/HB1235.02.COMH.pdf)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/123/2024/house/bills/HB1235/HB1235.01.INTR.pdf)
## Votes
- HB 1235 - Jeter — **6526** (pass) · lower
- HB 1235 - Jeter C - 3rd Reading — **6827** (pass) · lower
- HB 1235 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **3315** (pass) · upper
- HB 1235 - Freeman - 2nd Reading — **1831** (fail) · upper
- HB 1235 - Freeman - 2nd Reading — **1732** (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](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/a7a4499c-3ae3-46a5-bb6d-180ef3c404ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).