On January 22nd, Courts and Criminal Code met to discuss House Bill (HB) 1137 Expungement of Red Flag Law Records and to vote on whether or not to pass the bill onto the House floor or not. The Committee voted 11-0 to advance this Bill to the House Floor! The link to the archived meeting is below and will be of great interest to anyone that would like to know more about the discussions.
Kelly Myers has watch the video and has provided time stamps to specific topics of interest that came from the meeting.
To access the video, go to: https://iga.in.gov/session/2025/video/committee_courts_and_criminal_code_0300
The link is selected for the Courts and Criminal Code committee videos; clicking anywhere in the box to the right of “search for a meeting” will bring up the dropdown. Select “Wednesday Jan. 22-1030″ (currently two choices). Kelly Myers has provided a timeline so you can skip to the testimony relevant to the House Bill (HB) 1137 Expungement of Red Flag Law Records discussion if you like.
Kelly Myers’ Timestamps:
0:02:17: HB 1034: Indecent Displays by Incarcerated Individuals. There aren’t many bills as rough to sit through as this one. The title is misleading, it’s far beyond that. The testimony was eye-opening. It is not safe for work, not safe for children. If you’re an adult who is not at work, give it a look.
0:47:45: HB 1543: Vigo County Courts.
0:55:15: HB 1319: Elkhart County Courts. No testimony, less than 2 minutes on this one.
0:56:50: HB 1137 Expungement of Red Flag Law Records.
Rep Ben Smaltz (who authored Constitutional Carry in 2022) introduced the bill.
1:04:55: Guy Relford (2A Project)
1:15:10: ISRPA President Charlie Hiltunin (Testifying on behalf of the NRA)
1:15:46: Greg Cantor (testifying on behalf of himself.) Greg testified on several bills last year, it’s good to have him on the team.
1:16:45: Kelly Myers (ISRPA)
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