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Committee advances HB1363 to shift public‑safety oversight, tighten registration rules and ban imitation firearms on schools
Summary
The Veterans Affairs and Public Safety committee passed House Bill 13-63, which moves duties from the Integrated Public Safety Commission to the Indiana Department of Emergency Communications, reforms director appointment language, narrows registration loopholes from a recent court case, and makes possession of imitation firearms on K–12 property a Class B misdemeanor; the bill passed as amended, 11–0.
Chair Steve Bartels opened debate on House Bill 13-63, calling it a public‑safety package that would move duties and money from the Integrated Public Safety Commission (IPSC) to the Indiana Department of Emergency Communications and create an Emergency Communications Fund. Bartels also offered an amendment to restore board appointment authority for the department director and to remove a contractual protection that would have made the director a protected position.
Alyssa Schroeder, legislative director for the Office of Public Safety, testified in support on behalf of IPSC, saying the oversight board helped create the system but is no longer needed…
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