Indiana 2025 Regular Session

Indiana House Bill HB1482 Compare Versions

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2	2	Introduced Version
3	3	HOUSE BILL No. 1482
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5	5	DIGEST OF INTRODUCED BILL
6	6	Citations Affected: IC 35-47-11.1.
7	7	Synopsis: Entertainment zones. Establishes entertainment zones
8	8	within a consolidated city. Provides that the city-county council may
9	9	establish a public safety plan for all or a designated part of an
10	10	entertainment zone. Provides that a public safety plan for an
11	11	entertainment zone may include a restriction on the possession of
12	12	firearms within the entertainment zone, or within a particular area of
13	13	the entertainment zone designated by the public safety plan, during
14	14	certain hours. Establishes procedures for approving the public safety
15	15	plan.
16	16	Effective: July 1, 2025.
17	17	DeLaney
18	18	January 21, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on Local Government.
19	19	2025 IN 1482—LS 7213/DI 116 Introduced
20	20	First Regular Session of the 124th General Assembly (2025)
21	21	PRINTING CODE. Amendments: Whenever an existing statute (or a section of the Indiana
22	22	Constitution) is being amended, the text of the existing provision will appear in this style type,
23	23	additions will appear in this style type, and deletions will appear in this style type.
24	24	Additions: Whenever a new statutory provision is being enacted (or a new constitutional
25	25	provision adopted), the text of the new provision will appear in this style type. Also, the
26	26	word NEW will appear in that style type in the introductory clause of each SECTION that adds
27	27	a new provision to the Indiana Code or the Indiana Constitution.
28	28	Conflict reconciliation: Text in a statute in this style type or this style type reconciles conflicts
29	29	between statutes enacted by the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly.
30	30	HOUSE BILL No. 1482
31	31	A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning local
32	32	government.
33	33	Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Indiana:
34	34	1 SECTION 1. IC 35-47-11.1-4, AS AMENDED BY P.L.175-2022,
35	35	2 SECTION 16, IS AMENDED TO READ AS FOLLOWS [EFFECTIVE
36	36	3 JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 4. This chapter may not be construed to prevent
37	37	4 any of the following:
38	38	5 (1) A law enforcement agency of a political subdivision from
39	39	6 enacting and enforcing regulations pertaining to firearms,
40	40	7 ammunition, or firearm accessories issued to or used by law
41	41	8 enforcement officers in the course of their official duties.
42	42	9 (2) Subject to IC 34-28-7-2, an employer from regulating or
43	43	10 prohibiting the employees of the employer from carrying firearms
44	44	11 and ammunition in the course of the employee's official duties.
45	45	12 (3) A court or administrative law judge from hearing and
46	46	13 resolving any case or controversy or issuing any opinion or order
47	47	14 on a matter within the jurisdiction of the court or judge.
48	48	15 (4) The enactment or enforcement of generally applicable zoning
49	49	16 or business ordinances that apply to firearms businesses to the
50	50	17 same degree as other similar businesses. However, a provision of
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52	52	1 an ordinance that is designed or enforced to effectively restrict or
53	53	2 prohibit the sale, purchase, transfer, manufacture, or display of
54	54	3 firearms, ammunition, or firearm accessories that is otherwise
55	55	4 lawful under the laws of this state is void. A unit (as defined in
56	56	5 IC 36-1-2-23) may not use the unit's planning and zoning powers
57	57	6 under IC 36-7-4 to prohibit the sale of firearms within a
58	58	7 prescribed distance of any other type of commercial property or
59	59	8 of school property or other educational property.
60	60	9 (5) Subject to IC 35-47-16-1, the enactment or enforcement of a
61	61	10 provision prohibiting or restricting the possession of a firearm in
62	62	11 any building that contains the courtroom of a circuit, superior,
63	63	12 city, town, or small claims court. However, if a portion of the
64	64	13 building is occupied by a residential tenant or private business,
65	65	14 any provision restricting or prohibiting the possession of a firearm
66	66	15 does not apply to the portion of the building that is occupied by
67	67	16 the residential tenant or private business, or to common areas of
68	68	17 the building used by a residential tenant or private business.
69	69	18 (6) The enactment or enforcement of a provision prohibiting or
70	70	19 restricting the intentional display of a firearm at a public meeting.
71	71	20 (7) The enactment or enforcement of a provision prohibiting or
72	72	21 restricting the possession of a firearm in a public hospital
73	73	22 corporation that contains a secure correctional health unit that is
74	74	23 staffed by a law enforcement officer twenty-four (24) hours a day.
75	75	24 (8) The imposition of any restriction or condition placed on a
76	76	25 person participating in:
77	77	26 (A) a community corrections program (IC 11-12-1);
78	78	27 (B) a forensic diversion program (IC 11-12-3.7); or
79	79	28 (C) a pretrial diversion program (IC 33-39-1).
80	80	29 (9) The enforcement or prosecution of the offense of criminal
81	81	30 recklessness (IC 35-42-2-2) involving the use of a firearm.
82	82	31 (10) For an event occurring on property leased from a political
83	83	32 subdivision or municipal corporation by the promoter or organizer
84	84	33 of the event:
85	85	34 (A) the establishment, by the promoter or organizer, at the
86	86	35 promoter's or organizer's own discretion, of rules of conduct or
87	87	36 admission upon which attendance at or participation in the
88	88	37 event is conditioned; or
89	89	38 (B) the implementation or enforcement of the rules of conduct
90	90	39 or admission described in clause (A) by a political subdivision
91	91	40 or municipal corporation in connection with the event.
92	92	41 (11) The enactment or enforcement of a provision prohibiting or
93	93	42 restricting the possession of a firearm in a hospital established
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95	95	1 and operated under IC 16-22-2 or IC 16-23.
96	96	2 (12) A unit from using the unit's planning and zoning powers
97	97	3 under IC 36-7-4 to prohibit the sale of firearms within two
98	98	4 hundred (200) feet of a school by a person having a business that
99	99	5 did not sell firearms within two hundred (200) feet of a school
100	100	6 before April 1, 1994.
101	101	7 (13) Subject to IC 35-47-16-1, a unit (as defined in IC 36-1-2-23)
102	102	8 from enacting or enforcing a provision prohibiting or restricting
103	103	9 the possession of a firearm in a building owned or administered
104	104	10 by the unit if:
105	105	11 (A) metal detection devices are located at each public entrance
106	106	12 to the building;
107	107	13 (B) each public entrance to the building is staffed by at least
108	108	14 one (1) law enforcement officer:
109	109	15 (i) who has been adequately trained to conduct inspections
110	110	16 of persons entering the building by use of metal detection
111	111	17 devices and proper physical pat down searches; and
112	112	18 (ii) when the building is open to the public; and
113	113	19 (C) each:
114	114	20 (i) individual who enters the building through the public
115	115	21 entrance when the building is open to the public; and
116	116	22 (ii) bag, package, and other container carried by the
117	117	23 individual;
118	118	24 is inspected by a law enforcement officer described in clause
119	119	25 (B).
120	120	26 However, except as provided in subdivision (5) concerning a
121	121	27 building that contains a courtroom, a unit may not prohibit or
122	122	28 restrict the possession of a handgun under this subdivision in a
123	123	29 building owned or administered by the unit if the person who
124	124	30 possesses the handgun is not otherwise prohibited from carrying
125	125	31 or possessing a handgun.
126	126	32 (14) The enforcement by a consolidated city (as defined in
127	127	33 IC 3-5-2-12) of a restriction on the possession of firearms
128	128	34 within the bounds of a designated entertainment zone in
129	129	35 accordance with section 5.1 of this chapter.
130	130	36 SECTION 2. IC 35-47-11.1-5.1 IS ADDED TO THE INDIANA
131	131	37 CODE AS A NEW SECTION TO READ AS FOLLOWS
132	132	38 [EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 2025]: Sec. 5.1. (a) As used in this section,
133	133	39 "city-county council" refers to the Indianapolis city-county council
134	134	40 established by IC 36-3-4-2.
135	135	41 (b) As used in this section, "consolidated city" has the meaning
136	136	42 set forth in IC 3-5-2-12.
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138	138	1 (c) Notwithstanding any other law, restrictions on firearms may
139	139	2 be imposed by a consolidated city within an entertainment zone
140	140	3 that has been established under this section.
141	141	4 (d) The following entertainment zones are established within a
142	142	5 consolidated city:
143	143	6 (1) The central business zoning district of Indianapolis.
144	144	7 (2) An area designated as a cultural district by the city of
145	145	8 Indianapolis.
146	146	9 (e) The city-county council may establish a public safety plan for
147	147	10 all or a designated part of an entertainment zone established by
148	148	11 subsection (d). To establish a public safety plan, the city-county
149	149	12 council must, with respect to each separate entertainment zone
150	150	13 established by subsection (d), do the following:
151	151	14 (1) Adopt, after at least one (1) public hearing, a declaratory
152	152	15 resolution that contains findings of fact related to the need for
153	153	16 enhanced public safety measures within the entertainment
154	154	17 zone, and directs the executive of the consolidated city, or the
155	155	18 executive's designee, to prepare and submit to the city-county
156	156	19 council a public safety plan describing with particularity the
157	157	20 following:
158	158	21 (A) The enhanced public safety measures to be enforced
159	159	22 within the entertainment zone (including the precise
160	160	23 geographic description of the area within the
161	161	24 entertainment zone in which the public safety measures
162	162	25 shall be applied).
163	163	26 (B) The consolidated city's plan to enforce the enhanced
164	164	27 public safety measures within the entertainment zone.
165	165	28 (C) The estimated cost of the enforcement described in
166	166	29 clause (B).
167	167	30 (D) Feedback received from residents and business owners
168	168	31 within the boundaries of the entertainment zone.
169	169	32 (2) Adopt, after at least one (1) public hearing after the public
170	170	33 hearing described in subdivision (1), a confirmatory
171	171	34 resolution approving the public safety plan for the
172	172	35 entertainment zone.
173	173	36 (f) A public safety plan for an entertainment zone may include
174	174	37 a restriction on the possession of firearms within the entertainment
175	175	38 zone, or within a particular area of the entertainment zone
176	176	39 designated by the public safety plan, during certain hours. Within
177	177	40 the area designated by the public safety plan restricting the
178	178	41 possession of a firearm, the consolidated city may enforce the
179	179	42 restriction and may assist property owners or contracted security
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181	181	1 officers in enforcing the firearm restriction.
182	182	2 (g) The penalty for a violation of the firearm restriction
183	183	3 described in subsection (f) shall be limited to the exclusion of a
184	184	4 pedestrian presenting at an entry point with a firearm from the
185	185	5 area in which the restriction applies, or removal from the area in
186	186	6 which the restriction applies of a visitor who is found to be
187	187	7 carrying a firearm within the area. This subsection shall not be
188	188	8 construed to authorize searches and seizures not otherwise
189	189	9 permitted by law or to authorize the imposition of any civil or
190	190	10 criminal penalties not otherwise permitted by law.
191	191	11 (h) A firearm restriction adopted as part of a public safety plan
192	192	12 under subsection (f) for an entertainment zone may be enforced
193	193	13 only if, in accordance with the public safety plan:
194	194	14 (1) all pedestrian entrances to the area of the entertainment
195	195	15 zone in which a firearm restriction applies, during the hours
196	196	16 when the firearm restriction is in place, have clearly posted
197	197	17 notices of the firearm restriction and the applicable hours;
198	198	18 and
199	199	19 (2) all vehicular access is blocked to the area of the
200	200	20 entertainment zone in which a firearm restriction applies
201	201	21 during the hours when the firearm restriction is in place.
202	202	22 (i) A firearm restriction adopted as part of a public safety plan
203	203	23 under subsection (f) for all or part of an entertainment zone shall
204	204	24 apply only to pedestrian visitors to the area of the entertainment
205	205	25 zone in which the firearm restriction applies who have entered the
206	206	26 restricted area, or who seek entry to the restricted area, through
207	207	27 controlled and clearly marked entry points. A firearm restriction
208	208	28 shall not apply to:
209	209	29 (1) any residents of the area encompassed by the firearm
210	210	30 restriction;
211	211	31 (2) possession or carrying of firearms by a person who owns
212	212	32 real property within the restricted area while on the person's
213	213	33 real property;
214	214	34 (3) any law enforcement officer; or
215	215	35 (4) a privately retained security officer that is identified to a
216	216	36 law enforcement agency designated by the city-county council.
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