republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2025/hjr-1.md

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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 been agreed to by one general assembly.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2025	HJR 1	Indiana HJR 1 (2025)	joint resolution	CITIES AND TOWNS; Generally COURTS; Generally	enacted	Eric Koch Mike Aylesworth	4	16	2	2025-01-08	2025-03-27	openstates	ocd-bill/212a3825-653f-4caa-aee6-b6e9aa5418bb	https://api.iga.in.gov/2025/bills/hj0001	9cde687fe56d3d91b6fc848364eca9f58210763ac2f6e1f76ba5d4bd7db336c4	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HJR 1 (2025) — 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 been agreed to by one 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 1 - Aylesworth - 3rd Reading — 81–7 (pass) · lower
• HJR 1 - Koch - 3rd Reading — 43–3 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

• Eric Koch — primary (person)
• Mike Aylesworth — primary (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-01-08 Authored by Representative Aylesworth
• 2025-01-08 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-01-21 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-01-27 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-01-30 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 57: yeas 81, nays 7 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-01-31 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2025-01-30 Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
• 2025-02-18 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-03-06 Committee report: do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2025-03-10 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2025-03-17 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 234: yeas 43, nays 3 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2025-03-18 Returned to the House without amendments receipt
• 2025-03-20 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2025-03-20 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2025-03-27 Public Law 244 became-law
• 2025-03-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/212a3825-653f-4caa-aee6-b6e9aa5418bb. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).