Indiana 2024 Regular Session Status: Enacted 11 R cosponsors

HB 1084 — Privacy of firearms financial transactions.

Last action — Signed by the Governor

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed House
  4. ✓
    Passed Senate
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2024. Enacted.

Odds of enactment

High chance

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 14 sponsors

    3 primary, 11 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (11 R).

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In plain language

This bill protects the privacy of firearm financial transactions in Indiana.

The bill allows certain state officials and legislators to carry handguns in the state capitol and prohibits keeping records of firearm ownership. It also prevents financial services providers from discriminating against firearm transactions based on specific merchant codes.

What this means for you
  • Consumers: Consumers of firearms can make purchases without fear of their financial information being tracked or disclosed.

Summary

Amends the statute establishing the right of a member of: (1) the general assembly; (2) the professional staff of the general assembly; or (3) the Indiana lobby registration commission; to carry a handgun within the state capitol building and on the property of the state capitol complex by specifying that the right applies to any such member who is not prohibited under state or federal law from possessing a handgun. (Current law provides that the right applies to a member who: (1) possesses a valid Indiana license to carry a handgun; and (2) is otherwise permitted to possess a handgun.) Adds a new chapter to the Indiana Code article governing state officers to provide that any of the following state officers who is not prohibited from possessing a handgun under state or federal law has the right to carry a handgun within the state capitol building and on the property of the state capitol complex: (1) The attorney general. (2) The secretary of state. (3) The state comptroller. (4) The treasurer of state. Prohibits a governmental entity or any other person from knowingly or willfully keeping any list, record, or registry of: (1) privately owned firearms; or (2) the owners of firearms; with respect to Indiana consumers. Defines a "firearms code" as a merchant category code approved by the International Organization for Standardization specifically for firearms retailers. Provides that in a payment card transaction, a merchant acquirer or a payment card network may not: (1) assign; or (2) require the assignment of; a firearms code in a way that distinguishes a firearms retailer with at least one physical location in Indiana from general merchandise retailers or sporting goods retailers. Prohibits a financial services provider from declining or otherwise refusing to process a lawful payment card transaction based solely on the assignment or nonassignment of a firearms code to the payment card transaction. Prohibits a financial services provider from disclosing a financial record that: (1) is related to a payment card transaction; and (2) includes protected financial information, including a firearms code used, collected, or assigned in violation of the bill's provisions. Specifies that the bill's provisions apply only to a payment card transaction that is initiated after September 30, 2024, at a firearms retailer that is physically located in Indiana. Provides that the applicable primary financial regulator with jurisdiction over a financial services provider subject to the bill's provisions is responsible for enforcing the financial services provider's compliance with those provisions. Provides that, with respect to any person that is not a financial services provider subject to regulation by a financial regulator, the attorney general is responsible for enforcing the bill's prohibition against knowingly or willfully keeping any list, record, or registry of: (1) privately owned firearms; or (2) the owners of firearms. Provides that upon receiving notice of an alleged violation of this prohibition, the attorney general shall investigate the alleged violation in accordance with the attorney general's investigative demand procedures, subject to the statutory confidentiality provisions that apply to such procedures.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor

  2. Public Law 132

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  5. Signed by the Speaker

  6. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 302: yeas 39, nays 9

  7. Representative Manning removed as advisor

  8. Senator Johnson T added as conferee

  9. CCR # 1 filed in the House

  10. Senator Johnson T removed as advisor

  11. Senator Qaddoura removed as conferee

  12. Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 305: yeas 66, nays 26

  13. CCR # 1 filed in the Senate

  14. Representative Manning added as conferee

  15. Representative Andrade removed as conferee

  16. Senator Doriot added as advisor

  17. House advisors appointed: Manning, Haggard and Moseley

  18. House conferees appointed: Teshka and Andrade

  19. House dissented from Senate amendments

  20. Senate advisors appointed: Randolph Lonnie M and Johnson T

  21. Senate conferees appointed: Baldwin and Qaddoura

  22. Returned to the House with amendments

  23. Motion to dissent filed

  24. Senators Koch and Raatz added as cosponsors

  25. Senator Zay added as cosponsor

  26. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 206: yeas 41, nays 8

  27. Amendment #2 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote

  28. Senators Messmer, Freeman, Gaskill added as cosponsors

  29. Amendment #1 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote

  30. Senator Tomes added as cosponsor

  31. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

  32. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  33. Senator Johnson T added as second sponsor

  34. Senator Doriot added as cosponsor

  35. First reading: referred to Committee on Insurance and Financial Institutions

  36. Referred to the Senate

  37. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 78: yeas 73, nays 22

  38. Senate sponsor: Senator Baldwin

  39. Amendment #3 (Smith V) ruled out of order

  40. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  41. Amendment #2 (Smith V) failed; voice vote

  42. Committee report: amend do pass, adopted

  43. Representative Speedy added as coauthor

  44. First reading: referred to Committee on Financial Institutions

  45. Authored by Representative Teshka

  46. Coauthored by Representatives Manning and Haggard

Sponsors

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Co-sponsors (11)

Not signed on (136)

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Frequently asked questions

What does HB 1084 do?
Amends the statute establishing the right of a member of: (1) the general assembly; (2) the professional staff of the general assembly; or (3) the Indiana lobby registration commission; to carry a handgun within the state capitol building and on the property of the state capitol complex by specifying that the right applies to any such member who is not prohibited under state or federal law from possessing a handgun. (Current law provides that the right applies to a member who: (1) possesses a valid Indiana license to carry a handgun; and (2) is otherwise permitted to possess a handgun.) Adds a new chapter to the Indiana Code article governing state officers to provide that any of the following state officers who is not prohibited from possessing a handgun under state or federal law has the right to carry a handgun within the state capitol building and on the property of the state capitol complex: (1) The attorney general. (2) The secretary of state. (3) The state comptroller. (4) The treasurer of state. Prohibits a governmental entity or any other person from knowingly or willfully keeping any list, record, or registry of: (1) privately owned firearms; or (2) the owners of firearms; with respect to Indiana consumers. Defines a "firearms code" as a merchant category code approved by the International Organization for Standardization specifically for firearms retailers. Provides that in a payment card transaction, a merchant acquirer or a payment card network may not: (1) assign; or (2) require the assignment of; a firearms code in a way that distinguishes a firearms retailer with at least one physical location in Indiana from general merchandise retailers or sporting goods retailers. Prohibits a financial services provider from declining or otherwise refusing to process a lawful payment card transaction based solely on the assignment or nonassignment of a firearms code to the payment card transaction. Prohibits a financial services provider from disclosing a financial record that: (1) is related to a payment card transaction; and (2) includes protected financial information, including a firearms code used, collected, or assigned in violation of the bill's provisions. Specifies that the bill's provisions apply only to a payment card transaction that is initiated after September 30, 2024, at a firearms retailer that is physically located in Indiana. Provides that the applicable primary financial regulator with jurisdiction over a financial services provider subject to the bill's provisions is responsible for enforcing the financial services provider's compliance with those provisions. Provides that, with respect to any person that is not a financial services provider subject to regulation by a financial regulator, the attorney general is responsible for enforcing the bill's prohibition against knowingly or willfully keeping any list, record, or registry of: (1) privately owned firearms; or (2) the owners of firearms. Provides that upon receiving notice of an alleged violation of this prohibition, the attorney general shall investigate the alleged violation in accordance with the attorney general's investigative demand procedures, subject to the statutory confidentiality provisions that apply to such procedures.
Who sponsors HB 1084?
HB 1084 is sponsored by Andy Zay, Jeff Raatz (Republican), Eric Koch (Republican), James Tomes (Republican), Mike Gaskill (Republican), Aaron Freeman (Republican), Mark Messmer, Blake Doriot (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), Scott Baldwin (Republican), Mike Speedy, Craig Haggard (Republican), Ethan Manning (Republican), and Jake Teshka (Republican).
What is the current status of HB 1084?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 08, 2024. Enacted.
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