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Bill Courts. Provides that the judges of the Marion County juvenile courts may not appoint more than 11 magistrates. Eliminates a court in Blackford County and Monroe County. Eliminates a magistrate in Jennings County. Allows the judges of the Elkhart circuit and superior courts to appoint four full-time magistrates. (Current law allows for the appointment of two magistrates.) Adds two superior courts to Hamilton County. Provides that the first judges of Hamilton superior courts No. 8 and No. 9 shall: (1) be elected at the November 2026 general election; (2) take office January 1, 2027; and (3) serve a term of six years. Allows the judges of the Hamilton circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint two additional magistrates to serve the Hamilton County courts. Allows the judge of the Lawrence County juvenile court to appoint not more than one full-time magistrate. Allows the judges of the Vigo circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint one magistrate to serve the Vigo County courts. us/states/in Indiana General Assembly 2025 HB 1144 Indiana HB 1144 (2025)
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COUNTIES; Blackford
COUNTIES; Elkhart
COUNTIES; Hamilton
COUNTIES; Jennings
COUNTIES; Lawrence
COUNTIES; Marion
COUNTIES; Monroe
COUNTIES; Vigo
COURTS; Judges
COURTS; Juvenile Courts
COURTS; Magistrates
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Chris Jeter
Eric Koch
Linda Rogers
Liz Brown
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Indiana HB 1144 (2025) — Courts.

Provides that the judges of the Marion County juvenile courts may not appoint more than 11 magistrates. Eliminates a court in Blackford County and Monroe County. Eliminates a magistrate in Jennings County. Allows the judges of the Elkhart circuit and superior courts to appoint four full-time magistrates. (Current law allows for the appointment of two magistrates.) Adds two superior courts to Hamilton County. Provides that the first judges of Hamilton superior courts No. 8 and No. 9 shall: (1) be elected at the November 2026 general election; (2) take office January 1, 2027; and (3) serve a term of six years. Allows the judges of the Hamilton circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint two additional magistrates to serve the Hamilton County courts. Allows the judge of the Lawrence County juvenile court to appoint not more than one full-time magistrate. Allows the judges of the Vigo circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint one magistrate to serve the Vigo County courts.

Version chain

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

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

Votes

  • HB 1144 - Jeter — 83–5 (pass) · lower
  • HB 1144 - Brown L - 3rd Reading — 33–16 (pass) · upper
  • HB 1144 - Brown L — 45–4 (pass) · upper
  • HB 1144 - Jeter - 3rd Reading — 91–0 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

  • Chris Jeter — primary (person)
  • Eric Koch — primary (person)
  • Linda Rogers — primary (person)
  • Liz Brown — primary (person)
  • Danny Lopez — coauthor (person)
  • Greg Goode — cosponsor (person)
  • Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
  • Timothy Wesco — coauthor (person)
  • Tonya Pfaff — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

  • 2025-01-08 Authored by Representative Jeter
  • 2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-01-21 Recommitted to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 126.3
  • 2025-01-21 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-02-06 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-02-10 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-02-10 Representatives Pfaff and Wesco added as coauthors
  • 2025-02-10 Representative Lopez D added as coauthor
  • 2025-02-12 Referred to the Senate referral
  • 2025-02-11 Senate sponsors: Senators Brown L and Koch
  • 2025-02-11 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 130: yeas 91, nays 0 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-03-03 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-18 Senator Goode added as cosponsor
  • 2025-03-27 Committee report: amend do pass adopted; reassigned to Committee on Appropriations committee-passage, referral-committee
  • 2025-03-27 Senator Rogers added as third sponsor
  • 2025-04-10 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
  • 2025-04-10 Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
  • 2025-04-14 Amendment #5 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-14 Amendment #2 (Yoder) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
  • 2025-04-14 Amendment #4 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
  • 2025-04-14 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
  • 2025-04-15 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 432: yeas 33, nays 16 passage, reading-3, reading-3
  • 2025-04-16 House dissented from Senate amendments
  • 2025-04-16 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
  • 2025-04-16 House conferees appointed: Jeter and Pfaff
  • 2025-04-16 House advisors appointed: Zimmerman, Wesco, Borders, Garcia Wilburn and Gore
  • 2025-04-16 Motion to dissent filed filing
  • 2025-04-17 Senate conferees appointed: Brown L and Pol
  • 2025-04-17 Senate advisors appointed: Yoder and Koch
  • 2025-05-06 Public Law 224 became-law
  • 2025-04-29 Signed by the President of the Senate passage
  • 2025-05-06 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
  • 2025-04-28 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
  • 2025-04-24 CCR # 1 filed in the House filing
  • 2025-04-24 CCR # 1 filed in the Senate filing
  • 2025-04-25 Signed by the Speaker passage
  • 2025-04-24 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the Senate; Roll Call 525: yeas 45, nays 4
  • 2025-04-24 Rules Suspended. Conference Committee Report 1: adopted by the House; Roll Call 558: yeas 83, nays 5

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/531d949a-3097-4908-852d-9c15bafbf61c. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).

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