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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

HB 1137: Expungement of red flag law records.

Enacted Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 1137 is a bill introduced in the Indiana House on January 8, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Expungement of red flag law records. Primary sponsor: Aaron Freeman (Republican), Ben Smaltz (Republican). It lists 7 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 3, 2025): Signed by the Governor.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Official summary

Abstract published by the legislature (via Open States). Text as published by the legislature; reproduced verbatim.

Requires a court to expunge certain records related to the red flag law if the court finds that an individual is not dangerous, and permits a court to expunge certain records related to the red flag law if the court finds that an individual previously found dangerous is no longer dangerous.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 9

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Aaron FreemanPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate32
Ben SmaltzPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse52
Garrett BascomCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse68
Gary ByrneCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate47
Blake DoriotCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate12
Eric KochCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate44
Jim LucasCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse69
Jake TeshkaCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse7
Jim TomesCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate49

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Signed by the Governor
  2. Public Law 32
  3. Signed by the President of the Senate
  4. Signed by the President Pro Tempore
  5. Signed by the Speaker
  6. House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 274: yeas 96, nays 0
  7. Motion to concur filed
  8. Returned to the House with amendments
  9. Third reading: passed; Roll Call 226: yeas 49, nays 0
  10. Senator Byrne added as cosponsor
  11. Amendment #1 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote
  12. Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed

Showing 12 most recent of 25 actions. Full history

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source