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SB16 • 2026

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Senator Lonnie Randolph
Last action
2025-12-08
Official status
Introduced Senate Bill (S)
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Rules for Homemade Guns in Indiana

This bill makes it illegal to make, own, or tamper with certain marks on homemade guns and sets penalties for breaking these rules.

What This Bill Does

  • Defines what a 'privately made firearm' is.
  • Makes it against the law to have a privately made firearm.
  • Makes it against the law to change, erase, or remove marks that show who made a gun.
  • Makes it against the law to own a gun if its maker's marks are changed, erased, or removed.

Who It Names or Affects

  • People who make guns at home
  • People who have homemade guns
  • People who change marks on guns

Terms To Know

Privately made firearm
A gun that is made by someone other than a licensed manufacturer.
Level 5 felony
A serious crime with penalties like jail time and fines.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if you accidentally damage the marks on a gun.
  • It is unclear how this will be enforced by police or other authorities.
  • There are no details about exceptions for collectors or museums.

Bill History

  1. 2025-12-08 Senate

    Authored by Senator Randolph Lonnie M

  2. 2025-12-08 Senate

    First reading: referred to Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law

Official Summary Text

A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.
Privately made firearms.

Current Bill Text

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A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning criminal law and procedure.

Privately made firearms.

Defines a "privately made firearm" and other related terms. Makes it a Level 5 felony to possess a privately made firearm. Makes it a Level 5 felony to alter, obliterate, or remove certain marks of firearm identification or to possess a firearm on which those marks of identification have been altered, obliterated, or removed.