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Bill Town and city court judges. Provides that the judge of a city or town court shall reside in: (1) the county in which the city or town court is located; or (2) the bordering Indiana county that is the closest Indiana county to the city or town in which the court is located. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2023 HJR 6 Indiana HJR 6 (2023)
joint resolution
CITIES AND TOWNS
JUDGES
enacted
Aaron Freeman
Eric Koch
Mike Aylesworth
4 18 1 2023-01-19 2023-04-26 openstates ocd-bill/dd6f1214-28b1-4eca-9e2c-5dc5f237eb62 http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/resolutions/house/joint/6 f36288d4910b1bfe1abae399ded19ea6b5b0c0312e296135a4314cf8c09661a1 2026-07-01 https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump 2026-07-06 reported
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Indiana HJR 6 (2023) — Town and city court judges.

Provides that the judge of a city or town court shall reside in: (1) the county in which the city or town court is located; or (2) the bordering Indiana county that is the closest Indiana county to the city or town in which the court is located. This proposed amendment has not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • HJR 6 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 480 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
  • Eric Koch — primary (person)
  • Mike Aylesworth — primary (person)
  • Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
  • Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2023-01-19 Authored by Representative Aylesworth
  • 2023-01-19 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-02-16 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-02-16 Representatives Negele and Jeter C added as coauthors
  • 2023-02-20 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-02-21 Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
  • 2023-02-21 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 197: yeas 90, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-02-22 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2023-02-28 First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2023-03-20 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2023-03-23 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2023-03-23 Senator Freeman added as second sponsor
  • 2023-03-28 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 263: yeas 48, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2023-03-29 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
  • 2023-04-03 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2023-04-04 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2023-04-26 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2023-04-26 Public Law 254 became-law

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/dd6f1214-28b1-4eca-9e2c-5dc5f237eb62. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).