Indiana 2025 Regular Session Status: Enacted 8 R cosponsors

SB 280 — Deer hunting.

Last action — Public Law 76

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

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Mike Braun (Republican) on April 16, 2025.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 62% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 8 sponsors

    4 primary, 4 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (8 R).

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Summary

Provides that, for a hunting season beginning after June 30, 2025, rifles may be used to hunt deer on public property subject to certain restrictions. Removes certain rifle case length limitations and provides that a hunter may use a rifle chambered for a centerfire rifle cartridge that fires a bullet that is at least five and fifty-six hundredths (5.56) of a millimeter in diameter or larger to hunt deer. Prohibits the department of natural resources from adopting rules regarding centerfire rifle case length limitations.

Bill Text

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Action History

  1. Public Law 76

  2. Signed by the Governor

  3. Signed by the President of the Senate

  4. Signed by the Speaker

  5. Signed by the President Pro Tempore

  6. Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 331: yeas 46, nays 1

  7. Motion to concur filed

  8. Returned to the Senate with amendments

  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 320: yeas 92, nays 0

  10. Amendment #1 (Lindauer) prevailed; voice vote

  11. Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed

  12. Placed back on second reading

  13. Representative Abbott added as cosponsor

  14. Second reading: ordered engrossed

  15. Representative Greene added as cosponsor

  16. Representative Commons added as cosponsor

  17. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  18. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

  19. Referred to the House

  20. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 50, nays 0

  21. House sponsor: Representative Lindauer

  22. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

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

  24. Senator Raatz added as coauthor

  25. Senator Johnson T added as third author

  26. Committee report: do pass, adopted

  27. Senator Garten added as second author

  28. Authored by Senator Baldwin

  29. First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources

Sponsors

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4 sponsors · 4 co-sponsors · 142 not signed on

Sponsors (4)

Co-sponsors (4)

Not signed on (142)

142 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 280 do?
Provides that, for a hunting season beginning after June 30, 2025, rifles may be used to hunt deer on public property subject to certain restrictions. Removes certain rifle case length limitations and provides that a hunter may use a rifle chambered for a centerfire rifle cartridge that fires a bullet that is at least five and fifty-six hundredths (5.56) of a millimeter in diameter or larger to hunt deer. Prohibits the department of natural resources from adopting rules regarding centerfire rifle case length limitations.
Who sponsors SB 280?
SB 280 is sponsored by Robb Greene (Republican), David Abbott (Republican), Matt Commons (Republican), Shane Lindauer (Republican), Jeff Raatz (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), Chris Garten (Republican), and Scott Baldwin (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 280?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced January 13, 2025. Enacted.
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