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Committee approves bill to add Lake County to Indiana Crime Gun Task Force
Summary
The Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee unanimously approved House Bill 1095 to add Lake County to the Indiana Crime Gun Task Force, sending the amended bill forward 6-0 after brief discussion and no public testimony.
The Senate Committee on Corrections and Criminal Law approved House Bill 1095 on a 6-0 vote to add Lake County to the Indiana Crime Gun Task Force.
Representative Harris told the committee HB 1095 would expand a law-enforcement collaboration formed under House Enrolled Act 1558 and thanked committee leadership and the bill'9s sponsors. "Thank you, mister chairman. Thank you, members. Appreciate the opportunity to be with you. I'm here about house bill 10 95," Harris said.
The bill would add Lake County to a task force created to coordinate multiple agencies 9including local police departments, state police and federal partners9to track and remove illegal firearms and investigate firearms-related crime. Harris said the task force, begun under House Enrolled Act 1558, had investigated more than 150 leads, arrested 232 people, seized more than 270 illegal firearms and seized more than 75,000 grams of illegal narcotics in 2024, and that the plan is eventually to expand the model statewide.
Committee members asked whether Allen County had already joined; Representative Harris said Allen County had been added two years earlier and that he believed county agencies were prepared to participate in Lake County as well. There was no public testimony. After a roll call, Chair Freeman announced the committee vote: 6 to 0 in favor.
The committee record shows the bill passed the Senate Corrections and Criminal Law Committee and will move on under the legislative process for further consideration.
Votes at a glance: The committee roll call recorded Senators Pohl, Carrasco, Cook, Brown and Clark and Chair Freeman voting aye; the committee announced a 6-0 result.
