House Enrolled Act 1065
House Enrolled Act 1065, signed into law by Governor Daniels, prohibits any person (meaning natural person or organization) from adopting or enforcing an ordinance, resolution, policy or rule that prohibits or has the effect of prohibiting an employee, including a contract employee, from possessing a firearm or ammunition locked in the employee’s vehicle out of sight at the employee’s job. Exceptions to the rule are numerous and varied, but include schools, domestic violence shelters, certain United States government facilities, nuclear regulatory facilities and property owned by public utilities that “generates and transmits electric power” or a department of public utilities created under 8-1-11.1 (consolidated city department of public utilities).
House Enrolled Act 1065 authorizes individuals to bring a civil action against any employer or other person who has violated this statute by attempting to enforce an ordinance, regulation or policy against firearms locked in an employee’s vehicle. A civil action can result in actual damages, costs, attorney fees and an injunction against the employer. The statute, however, specifically prohibits the jurisdiction of the court for an action against an employer who complies with the statute (presumably an action brought by an individual who is harmed by an employee who brings a firearm to work although that section is not clear).
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