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Indiana · 2025 Regular Session · Bill

SB 280: Deer hunting.

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

SB 280 is a bill introduced in the Indiana Senate on January 13, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Deer hunting. Primary sponsor: Shane Lindauer (Republican), Tyler Johnson (Republican), Chris Garten (Republican), Scott Baldwin (Republican). It lists 4 additional sponsors. Most recent recorded action (April 16, 2025): Public Law 76.

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.

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.

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 8

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Shane LindauerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse63
Tyler JohnsonPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate14
Chris GartenPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate45
Scott BaldwinPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate20
David AbbottCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse18
Matt CommonsCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse13
Robb GreeneCo-sponsorRepublicanHouse47
Jeff RaatzCo-sponsorRepublicanSenate27

“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. 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

Showing 12 most recent of 29 actions. Full history

Sources

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