Section 35-47-9-1 - Exemptions from chapter(a) This chapter does not apply to the following:(1) A: (C) local; law enforcement officer.
(2) A:(A) qualified law enforcement officer (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 926B); or(B) qualified retired law enforcement officer (as defined in 18 U.S.C. 926C); if the qualified law enforcement officer or qualified retired law enforcement officer, as applicable, carries the photographic identification required by 18 U.S.C. 926B or 18 U.S.C. 926C.
(3) A person who may legally possess a firearm and who has been authorized by:(A) a school board (as defined by IC 20-26-9-4); or(B) the body that administers a charter school established under IC 20-24; to carry a firearm in or on school property.
(4) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), a person who:(A) may legally possess a firearm; and(B) possesses the firearm in a motor vehicle.(5) A person who is a school resource officer, as defined in IC 20-26-18.2-1.(6) Except as provided in subsection (b) or (c), a person who:(A) may legally possess a firearm; and(B) possesses only a firearm that is:(i) locked in the trunk of the person's motor vehicle;(ii) kept in the glove compartment of the person's locked motor vehicle; or(iii) stored out of plain sight in the person's locked motor vehicle.(7) A person who: (A) may legally possess a firearm; and(B) possesses a firearm on school property in connection with or while: (i) attending a worship service or religious ceremony conducted at a house of worship located on the school property; or(ii) carrying out the person's official duties at a house of worship located on the school property, if the person is employed by or a volunteer at the house of worship. This subdivision does not affect the right of a property owner to prohibit, in whole or in part, the possession of a firearm on a property where a school or house of worship is located.
(b) For purposes of subsection (a)(4) and (a)(6), a person does not include a person who is:(1) enrolled as a student in any high school except if the person is a high school student and is a member of a shooting sports team and the school's principal has approved the person keeping a firearm concealed in the person's motor vehicle on the days the person is competing or practicing as a member of a shooting sports team; or(2) a former student of the school if the person is no longer enrolled in the school due to a disciplinary action within the previous twenty-four (24) months.(c) For purposes of subsection (a)(4) and (a)(6), a motor vehicle does not include a motor vehicle owned, leased, or controlled by a school or school district unless the person who possesses the firearm is authorized by the school or school district to possess a firearm.Amended by P.L. 218-2023,SEC. 7, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by P.L. 107-2019,SEC. 11, eff. 7/1/2019.Amended by P.L. 157-2014, SEC. 4, eff. 7/1/2014.Amended by P.L. 172-2013, SEC. 12, eff. 7/1/2013.As added by P.L. 140-1994, SEC.11.