IN SB0176

Retail sporting goods stores are established as permitted uses in commercially zoned areas, and indoor shooting ranges are permitted uses in commercial, industrial, or agricultural zones without requiring public hearings, variances, or special exceptions

Local governments cannot treat maintenance, repair, renovation, or expansion of shooting range facilities as expansion of nonconforming use or as grounds to deny, delay, or condition building permits

Local governments are prohibited from conditioning permit approval on a shooting range owner's consent to annexation or waiver of legal rights

Indoor shooting ranges must have walls, ceilings, floors, and backstops capable of containing all projectiles, and must make reasonable efforts to limit noise impacts on adjacent properties

Exemptions apply to historic districts, flood plains, and mixed-use residential zones, though existing shooting ranges lawfully operating before July 1, 2026 on commercially zoned property may still develop indoor ranges within their existing boundaries