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Read. Follow. Verify.Indiana Bill HB 1375 Repeals Involuntary Firearm Removal and Confiscation Process
Last action · January 15, 2026: Representative Lucas added as coauthorSponsors: Zach Payne and 3 others
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What This Bill Proposed
Indiana House Bill 1375 repeals statutory provisions governing the involuntary confiscation and retention of firearms from individuals deemed dangerous, starting July 1, 2026. The legislation removes related reporting requirements, changes penalties for false reports regarding dangerous persons, and modifies firearm return petition rules.
Changes legal mechanisms regarding firearm seizures, eliminating the specific court-ordered dangerous person firearm removal process and altering criminal penalties for false reporting for gun owners and law enforcement agencies.
Who It Would Have Affected
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Law enforcement agencies
Gun owners
Circuit and superior courts
Key Facts
- Repeals Indiana Code chapter 35-47-14, which establishes the judicial procedure for determining an individual is 'dangerous' and seizing their firearms.
- Eliminates the requirement for the office of judicial administration to collect and publish annual statistics related to the confiscation and retention of firearms from dangerous persons.
- Repeals offenses related to the unlawful possession or transfer of firearms involving individuals found dangerous by a court.
- Removes provisions allowing law enforcement to obtain search warrants for firearms specifically based on a person being dangerous under IC 35-47-14-1.
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- Removes designation as dangerous following a hearing under IC 35-47-14-6 from the statutory definition of a 'proper person' and handgun carry prohibitions.
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This bill did not become law - Died at adjournment · in House committee.
Procedural history
4 actions- Jan 15, 2026HouseRepresentative Lucas added as coauthor
- Jan 8, 2026HouseIntroducedFirst reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code
- Jan 8, 2026HouseCoauthored by Representatives Sweet, Hostettler
- Jan 8, 2026HouseAuthored by Representative Payne
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Complete Repeal of Firearm Confiscation Statute
The bill systematically repeals IC 35-47-14 along with cross-references across multiple chapters of the Indiana Code, reversing prior legislative additions regarding dangerous person firearm seizures.
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance20Lowered because this bill did not pass (its text scored 80)
- Controversy90Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment5Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz65Current news / social attention level
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