Ruckelshaus Kautzman Blackwell
Bemis Duncan & Merchant, LLP
February 28, 2022
Hello Friends:
Last week your FOP testified in strong opposition to House Bill 1077, which would repeal the state’s license requirement to carry a handgun. The bill is now in limbo after the Senate Judiciary committee members voted to gut the bill before advancing it. The committee hearing lasted approximately nine (9) hours. It was contentious.
Because it was a “strip and insert” vote, the bill had to be sent to the Senate Rules and Legislative Procedures Committee, but the committee did not have enough time to meet before the deadline to pass bills out of committee. That means House Bill 1077 is dead – at least for now. It is my understanding that Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray intends to insert the language of House Bill 1077 into a different bill during the final weeks of the legislative session. Your FOP will continue to monitor this issue.
On a different note, House Bill 1004, which would allow judges to resume sentencing people convicted of low-level felonies into state prisons, moved through the Senate last week. The vote was 46-3. The bill now heads back to the House because the Senate added minor amendments.
Backers from both parties have pitched the bill as a way to ease jail overcrowding, which is a rampant problem in Indiana. The bill is widely supported by county officials and law enforcement.
Please find Legislative Report #7 attached. As always, please feel free to contact President Owensby, Leo Blackwell, or myself for additional information.
Stay safe,
Ed
Edward J. Merchant
Ruckelshaus Kautzman Blackwell
Bemis Duncan & Merchant, LLP
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Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
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