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type: "Bill"
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title: "Expungement of red flag law records."
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description: "Requires a court to expunge certain records related to the red flag law if the court finds that an individual is not dangerous, and permits a court to expunge certain records related to the red flag law if the court finds that an individual previously found dangerous is no longer dangerous."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2025"
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identifier: "HB 1137"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1137 (2025)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COURTS; Trial Courts", "CRIMINAL LAW AND PROCEDURE; Criminal History and Expungements", "FIREARMS AND WEAPONS", "LAW ENFORCEMENT; Generally"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Ben Smaltz"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 25
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vote_count: 3
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first_action: "2025-01-08"
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last_action: "2025-04-03"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/f916ecad-f9d8-4b70-a230-1731a1a9a694"
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source_url: "https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hb1137"
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source_hash: "2a06f6557b64002347d7353be700db86963877db95c1b03f8078d300a6613f87"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana HB 1137 (2025) — Expungement of red flag law records.
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Requires a court to expunge certain records related to the red flag law if the court finds that an individual is not dangerous, and permits a court to expunge certain records related to the red flag law if the court finds that an individual previously found dangerous is no longer dangerous.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1137/HB1137.04.ENGS.pdf)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1137/HB1137.05.ENRS.pdf)
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3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1137/HB1137.03.COMS.pdf)
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4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](https://iga.in.gov/pdf-documents/124/2025/house/bills/HB1137/HB1137.01.INTR.pdf)
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## Votes
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- HB 1137 - Smaltz - 3rd Reading — **91–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1137 - Smaltz — **96–0** (pass) · lower
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- HB 1137 - Freeman - 3rd Reading — **49–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Ben Smaltz — primary (person)
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- Blake Doriot — cosponsor (person)
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- Eric Koch — cosponsor (person)
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- Garrett Bascom — coauthor (person)
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- Gary Byrne — cosponsor (person)
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- Jake Teshka — coauthor (person)
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- James Tomes — cosponsor (person)
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- Jim Lucas — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2025-01-08** Authored by Representative Smaltz
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- **2025-01-08** Coauthored by Representatives Lucas and Teshka
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- **2025-01-08** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-01-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-01-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-01-31** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2025-01-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 48: yeas 91, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-01-30** Cosponsors: Senators Koch and Tomes
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- **2025-01-30** Senate sponsor: Senator Freeman
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- **2025-02-03** Representative Bascom added as coauthor
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- **2025-02-18** First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2025-03-04** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2025-03-06** Senator Doriot added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-10** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2025-03-10** Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage`
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- **2025-03-10** Senator Byrne added as cosponsor
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- **2025-03-11** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 49, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2025-03-12** Returned to the House with amendments `receipt`
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- **2025-03-13** Motion to concur filed `filing`
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- **2025-03-19** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2025-03-17** House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 274: yeas 96, nays 0
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- **2025-03-19** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2025-03-27** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2025-04-03** Public Law 32 `became-law`
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- **2025-04-03** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/f916ecad-f9d8-4b70-a230-1731a1a9a694`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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