2025 Regular SessionIndiana Legislature

SB0280: Deer hunting.

Legislative Summary

Deer hunting. 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.

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Bill History

1/13/2025
Authored by Senator Baldwin
Senate
1/13/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
Senate
1/16/2025
Senator Garten added as second author
Senate
1/27/2025
Committee report: do pass, adopted
Senate
2/3/2025
Amendment #1 (Baldwin) prevailed; voice vote
Senate
2/3/2025
Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed
Senate
2/3/2025
Senator Johnson T added as third author
Senate
2/3/2025
Senator Raatz added as coauthor
Senate
2/4/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 71: yeas 50, nays 0
Senate
2/4/2025
House sponsor: Representative Lindauer
Senate
2/5/2025
Referred to the House
Senate
3/3/2025
First reading: referred to Committee on Natural Resources
House of Representatives
3/13/2025
Committee report: do pass, adopted
House of Representatives
3/13/2025
Representative Commons added as cosponsor
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
Second reading: ordered engrossed
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
Representative Abbott added as cosponsor
House of Representatives
3/17/2025
Representative Greene added as cosponsor
House of Representatives
3/24/2025
Placed back on second reading
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Amendment #1 (Lindauer) prevailed; voice vote
House of Representatives
3/25/2025
Reread second time: amended, ordered engrossed
House of Representatives
3/27/2025
Third reading: passed; Roll Call 320: yeas 92, nays 0
House of Representatives
3/28/2025
Returned to the Senate with amendments
House of Representatives
3/31/2025
Motion to concur filed
Senate
4/1/2025
Senate concurred with House amendments; Roll Call 331: yeas 46, nays 1
Senate
4/2/2025
Signed by the President Pro Tempore
Senate
4/3/2025
Signed by the Speaker
House of Representatives
4/9/2025
Signed by the President of the Senate
Senate
4/16/2025
Signed by the Governor
Senate

Amendments

House Amendment #1

House Amendment #1

3/25/2025Not Adopted

Senate Amendment #1

Senate Amendment #1

2/3/2025Not Adopted

Roll Call Votes

Senate - Senate concurred with House amendments
4/1/2025
46
Yea
1
Nay
3
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED
House - Third reading
3/27/2025
92
Yea
0
Nay
1
Not Voting
7
Absent
Result: PASSED
Senate - Third reading
2/4/2025
50
Yea
0
Nay
0
Not Voting
0
Absent
Result: PASSED

Status Information

Current Status
Passed(4/16/2025)
Chamber
Senate

Documents

Enrolled
Bill Text4/1/202583.1 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text3/25/2025117.4 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text3/13/2025106.2 KB
Engrossed
Bill Text2/3/2025104.7 KB
Comm Sub
Bill Text1/27/2025103.0 KB
Introduced
Bill Text1/10/202584.6 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note4/4/202548.4 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/27/202548.2 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/25/202548.3 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/17/202548.3 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note3/13/202548.4 KB
Misc
Misc3/12/202522.0 KB
Misc
Misc3/12/202572.7 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/4/202548.2 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note2/3/202548.0 KB
Misc
Misc1/27/202521.5 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/27/202547.2 KB
Misc
Misc1/27/202548.6 KB
Fiscal Note
Fiscal Note1/10/202547.2 KB