IC 35-47-9-1 — Exemptions from chapter
Chapter 9. Possession of Firearms on School Property and School Buses
Bills amending this section
Section text
Sec. 1. (a) This chapter does not apply to the following: (1) A: (A) federal; (B) state; or (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: (1) subsection (a)(4); (2) subsection (a)(6); and (3) section 2(b) of this chapter; 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.
As added by P.L.140-1994, SEC.11. Amended by P.L.172-2013, SEC.12; P.L.157-2014, SEC.4; P.L.107-2019, SEC.11; P.L.218-2023, SEC.7; P.L.94-2026, SEC.83.
Source: official publisher (2026 edition)