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IN HB1235
Bill
Status
2/20/2019
Primary Sponsor
Anthony Cook
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AI Summary
- Expands battery on public safety official offense to include attacks on both current and former officials, either while engaged in official duties or in retaliation for having performed those duties
- Exempts judicial officers who retire after at least 20 years of service or due to disability from paying handgun license fees
- Grants former judicial officers the same firearm possession and carry rights as current judicial officers, including in state and political subdivision buildings
- Requires the Indiana Supreme Court to annually issue free photographic identification cards to retired judicial officers who served at least 20 years or retired due to disability
- Effective date: July 1, 2019
Legislative Description
Judicial officers and public safety officials. Provides that a person commits battery on a public safety official if the offense is committed against a current or former public safety official: (1) while the official is engaged in the official's official duty; or (2) in retaliation for the official having engaged in the official's official duty. (Under current law, a person commits the offense only if the official is acting in the person's official duty.) Exempts a person who retires from judicial office after at least 20 years of service or because of a disability from the payment of the fee for a license to carry a handgun. Permits a former judicial officer to possess and use a handgun in the same locations as a judicial officer, and requires the supreme court to annually issue an identification card to a former judicial officer.
Last Action
First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law
3/4/2019