republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1313.md

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Bill	Courts and family law matters.	Provides that a magistrate has the same powers as a judge, except the power of judicial mandate. Repeals certain sections that enumerate the powers for magistrates. Repeals the judicial technology oversight committee. Increases the filing limit for the small claims docket to not more than $8,000 (rather than $6,000, under current law). Provides that the Marion County court will divide the work of the court into various divisions, including but not limited to the following: (1) Civil. (2) Criminal. (3) Family. Provides that the Marion County court shall hold session in the: (1) community justice campus in Indianapolis; and (2) other places in Marion County as the court determines. Provides that a relocating individual who is party to a custody order or parenting time order is not required to file a notice of intent to move with the clerk of the court if: (1) the relocation has been addressed by a prior court order; or (2) the relocation will: (A) result in a decrease in the distance between the relocating individual's residence and the nonrelocating individual's residence; or (B) result in an increase of not more than 20 miles in the distance between the relocating individual's residence and the nonrelocating individual's residence. Makes conforming amendments.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2020	HB 1313	Indiana HB 1313 (2020)	bill	COUNTY COURTS CHILDREN AND MINORS Child Support Custody and Visitation MAGISTRATE COURTS INDIANAPOLIS	enacted	Eric Koch John Young Michael Young	4	22	2	2020-01-14	2020-03-30	openstates	ocd-bill/b889077f-00fb-44ef-a016-b29034cbb4d0	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1313	f751436998c551001ba53882166013c77ffe66460c6910fa330da40fe4f2a51d	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1313 (2020) — Courts and family law matters.

Provides that a magistrate has the same powers as a judge, except the power of judicial mandate. Repeals certain sections that enumerate the powers for magistrates. Repeals the judicial technology oversight committee. Increases the filing limit for the small claims docket to not more than $8,000 (rather than $6,000, under current law). Provides that the Marion County court will divide the work of the court into various divisions, including but not limited to the following: (1) Civil. (2) Criminal. (3) Family. Provides that the Marion County court shall hold session in the: (1) community justice campus in Indianapolis; and (2) other places in Marion County as the court determines. Provides that a relocating individual who is party to a custody order or parenting time order is not required to file a notice of intent to move with the clerk of the court if: (1) the relocation has been addressed by a prior court order; or (2) the relocation will: (A) result in a decrease in the distance between the relocating individual's residence and the nonrelocating individual's residence; or (B) result in an increase of not more than 20 miles in the distance between the relocating individual's residence and the nonrelocating individual's residence. Makes conforming amendments.

Version chain

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

1. Enrolled House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1313 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 48–0 (pass) · upper
• HB 1313 - Young J - 3rd Reading — 97–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• John Young — primary (person)
• Michael Young — primary (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
• Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2020-01-14 Coauthored by Representative Steuerwald
• 2020-01-14 Authored by Representative Young J
• 2020-01-14 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-01-23 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-01-28 Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
• 2020-01-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 105: yeas 97, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-01-29 Referred to the Senate
• 2020-02-17 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2020-02-27 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2020-03-02 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2020-03-02 Senator Young M added as second sponsor
• 2020-03-02 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
• 2020-03-03 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 311: yeas 48, nays 0 reading-3, passage
• 2020-03-04 Returned to the House with amendments amendment-failure
• 2020-03-05 Motion to concur filed
• 2020-03-09 House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 332: yeas 76, nays 0 amendment-failure
• 2020-03-10 Signed by the Speaker
• 2020-03-12 Signed by the President Pro Tempore
• 2020-03-18 Signed by the President of the Senate
• 2020-03-21 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2020-03-30 Public Law 162

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/b889077f-00fb-44ef-a016-b29034cbb4d0. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).