---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts and magistrates."
description: "Adds a superior court in Hamilton County. Provides that the first judge of Hamilton superior court No. 7 shall: (1) be elected at the November 2022 general election; (2) take office January 1, 2023; and (3) serve a term of six years. Allows the judges of the Decatur circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Decatur County courts. Allows the judges of the Huntington circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Huntington County courts. Allows the judge of the Lake superior court division No. 4 to appoint a magistrate to serve the Lake superior court division No. 4. Allows the Marion County superior courts to appoint 27 full-time magistrates after December 31, 2021, not more than 14 of whom may be from the same political party. Removes the sixth circuit court in Delaware County. Provides a full-time magistrate for Hancock County."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2021"
identifier: "HB 1064"
citation: "Indiana HB 1064 (2021)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["HAMILTON COUNTY", "MAGISTRATE COURTS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Andy Zay", "Kyle Walker", "Michael Crider", "Robert Cherry"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 25
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2021-01-04"
last_action: "2021-04-26"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/0e187703-5d6c-4709-904d-50d96f4c4e03"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1064"
source_hash: "b9d8011a17e10c4b81ea3a93e6b7a7bdc61da63daf04ea3d7b88e331a2518d81"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1064 (2021) — Courts and magistrates.

Adds a superior court in Hamilton County. Provides that the first judge of Hamilton superior court No. 7 shall: (1) be elected at the November 2022 general election; (2) take office January 1, 2023; and (3) serve a term of six years. Allows the judges of the Decatur circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Decatur County courts. Allows the judges of the Huntington circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint a magistrate to serve the Huntington County courts. Allows the judge of the Lake superior court division No. 4 to appoint a magistrate to serve the Lake superior court division No. 4. Allows the Marion County superior courts to appoint 27 full-time magistrates after December 31, 2021, not more than 14 of whom may be from the same political party. Removes the sixth circuit court in Delaware County. Provides a full-time magistrate for Hancock County.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1064/versions/HB1064.06.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1064/versions/HB1064.03.COMH)
3. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1064/versions/HB1064.02.COMH)
4. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1064/versions/HB1064.04.COMS)
5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1064/versions/HB1064.05.COMS)
6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1064/versions/HB1064.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1064 - Crider - 3rd Reading — **50–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Andy Zay — primary (person)
- Kyle Walker — primary (person)
- Michael Crider — primary (person)
- Robert Cherry — primary (person)
- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
- Gregory Porter — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
- Sean Eberhart — coauthor (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2021-01-04** Coauthored by Representatives Eberhart and Jeter
- **2021-01-04** Authored by Representative Cherry
- **2021-01-04** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-01-14** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-01-14** Referred to the Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127
- **2021-02-04** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-02-08** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-02-09** Representative Porter added as coauthor
- **2021-02-09** Senate sponsors: Senators Crider, Zay, Walker K
- **2021-02-09** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 99: yeas 68, nays 24 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-02-10** Referred to the Senate
- **2021-02-23** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-11** Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations `committee-passage, referral-committee`
- **2021-03-16** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2021-03-25** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2021-03-29** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2021-03-30** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 285: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
- **2021-03-31** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-06** Motion to concur filed
- **2021-04-08** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 380: yeas 78, nays 7 `amendment-failure`
- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
- **2021-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2021-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2021-04-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2021-04-26** Public Law 123

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/0e187703-5d6c-4709-904d-50d96f4c4e03`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).