Exemptions from chapter

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.