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IN HB1634
Bill
Status
1/22/2015
Primary Sponsor
Peggy Mayfield
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AI Summary
- Prohibits political subdivisions from regulating knife possession, carrying, transportation, sale, purchase, transfer, licensing, registration, or use, effective July 1, 2015
- Prohibits political subdivisions from adopting ordinances, rules, or policies concerning knife manufacturing that are more restrictive than policies for other commercial goods
- Allows school corporations to adopt rules prohibiting possession of knives in school buildings
- Voids all existing and future knife-related ordinances, rules, policies, or regulations of political subdivisions enacted before, on, or after July 1, 2015, except school corporation rules prohibiting knives in school buildings
- Defines "knife" as a cutting instrument, including sharpened or pointed blades
Legislative Description
Regulation of knives by political subdivisions. Prohibits political subdivisions, with certain exceptions, from: (1) regulating the possession, carrying, transportation, sale, purchase, transfer, licensing, registration, or use of a knife or the components used to make a knife; and (2) adopting an ordinance, a rule, or a policy concerning the manufacturing of knives that is more restrictive than an ordinance, a rule, or a policy concerning the manufacturing of any other commercial goods. Allows school corporations to adopt rules or regulations that prohibit a person from possessing a knife in a school building. Voids any provision of an ordinance, a rule,
Last Action
First Reading: referred to Committee on Public Policy
1/22/2015