republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2021/hb-1064.md

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Bill	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.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2021	HB 1064	Indiana HB 1064 (2021)	bill	HAMILTON COUNTY MAGISTRATE COURTS	enacted	Andy Zay Kyle Walker Michael Crider Robert Cherry	6	25	1	2021-01-04	2021-04-26	openstates	ocd-bill/0e187703-5d6c-4709-904d-50d96f4c4e03	http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1064	b9d8011a17e10c4b81ea3a93e6b7a7bdc61da63daf04ea3d7b88e331a2518d81	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	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
2. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
3. House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source
4. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
5. House Bill (S) (committee substitute) — source
6. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

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; origin ocd-bill/0e187703-5d6c-4709-904d-50d96f4c4e03. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).