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Bill	Various judicial matters.	Amends the membership of the community corrections advisory board. Defines "full court" as the total of all Marion superior court judges who are appointed and serving as judges. Specifies that if a newly appointed judge is filling a vacancy of a judge whose term ends the same year as the appointment, the newly appointed judge shall serve a term that expires on December 31 of the sixth full year following the appointment. Requires the Marion County judicial selection committee (judicial selection committee) to nominate five candidates to the governor when a judicial vacancy exists and allows the governor to appoint any of the nominated candidates when filling more than one vacancy. Replaces the term "presiding judge" with "chief judge" within the Marion County superior court. Amends the membership of the judicial selection committee. Prohibits a member of the judicial selection committee who is not an ex officio member to serve consecutive terms and staggers the terms of certain members of the judicial selection committee to begin on July 1, 2026, or July 1, 2028. Requires the judicial selection committee to determine that a judge is suitable to retain judicial office before a judge's request for retention may be placed on the ballot. Establishes a procedure with specific deadlines for a judge who wishes to stand for retention in 2026. Repeals and replaces a provision concerning the procedure to select the Marion County judicial executive committee (executive committee) and certain court provisions. Provides that, for an executive committee starting a term on January 1, 2027, and for the selection of each executive committee thereafter, the full court shall meet not later than November 15 in the final year of the executive committee's term to select the candidates of the next executive committee. Requires a two-thirds vote of the sitting judges who will hold office on January 1 of the next year to select the candidates of the executive committee and requires the chair of the judicial selection committee to approve the members of the executive committee and select one member of the executive committee as the chief judge. Allows the chair of the judicial selection committee to remove a member of the executive committee for cause. Increases the term of an executive committee member of the Marion County judiciary from two years to three years. Specifies which duties are the responsibility of the full court and which are to be determined by a trial judge. Describes the duties and authority of the executive committee. Provides that any action taken by the executive committee may only be overruled by a vote of 85% of the full court sitting at the time the vote is taken. Removes a requirement that the executive committee requires the approval of two-thirds of the judges to determine the number of judicial officers and personnel required to serve the court. Provides that the judge of the circuit court has exclusive authority to appoint commissioners or magistrates allocated to the circuit court. Amends how magistrates and commissioners are appointed. Specifies that the executive committee has final authority for all employment decisions regarding commissioners and magistrates. Repeals a provision that allows the presiding judge to appoint a magistrate and allows the executive committee to appoint 28 magistrates. Requires a voting member of the justice reinvestment advisory council to cast a vote in person. Requires that, in a county having a consolidated city, the chief judge or a judge appointed by the chief judge be the chair of the local justice reinvestment advisory council. Provides that a local or regional advisory council may only take action upon the affirmative vote of the members and a member must cast a vote in person. Makes conforming changes.	us/states/in	Indiana General Assembly	2026	HB 1033	Indiana HB 1033 (2026)	bill	BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS; Generally BOARDS COMMISSIONS AND COUNCILS; Judicial Nominating Commission COUNTIES; Marion COURTS; Judges COURTS; Magistrates COURTS; Trial Courts LOCAL GOVERNMENT; Generally	enacted	Cyndi Carrasco Danny Lopez	4	29	4	2025-12-01	2026-03-04	openstates	ocd-bill/d63a550e-b0a9-43f0-9173-383ba24fabcf	https://api.iga.in.gov/2026/bills/hb1033	bd9d43f853cc25b1e1af1141d6aa7d99915e80efdf43cd0e5b7ad8a0185253b6	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-in

Indiana HB 1033 (2026) — Various judicial matters.

Amends the membership of the community corrections advisory board. Defines "full court" as the total of all Marion superior court judges who are appointed and serving as judges. Specifies that if a newly appointed judge is filling a vacancy of a judge whose term ends the same year as the appointment, the newly appointed judge shall serve a term that expires on December 31 of the sixth full year following the appointment. Requires the Marion County judicial selection committee (judicial selection committee) to nominate five candidates to the governor when a judicial vacancy exists and allows the governor to appoint any of the nominated candidates when filling more than one vacancy. Replaces the term "presiding judge" with "chief judge" within the Marion County superior court. Amends the membership of the judicial selection committee. Prohibits a member of the judicial selection committee who is not an ex officio member to serve consecutive terms and staggers the terms of certain members of the judicial selection committee to begin on July 1, 2026, or July 1, 2028. Requires the judicial selection committee to determine that a judge is suitable to retain judicial office before a judge's request for retention may be placed on the ballot. Establishes a procedure with specific deadlines for a judge who wishes to stand for retention in 2026. Repeals and replaces a provision concerning the procedure to select the Marion County judicial executive committee (executive committee) and certain court provisions. Provides that, for an executive committee starting a term on January 1, 2027, and for the selection of each executive committee thereafter, the full court shall meet not later than November 15 in the final year of the executive committee's term to select the candidates of the next executive committee. Requires a two-thirds vote of the sitting judges who will hold office on January 1 of the next year to select the candidates of the executive committee and requires the chair of the judicial selection committee to approve the members of the executive committee and select one member of the executive committee as the chief judge. Allows the chair of the judicial selection committee to remove a member of the executive committee for cause. Increases the term of an executive committee member of the Marion County judiciary from two years to three years. Specifies which duties are the responsibility of the full court and which are to be determined by a trial judge. Describes the duties and authority of the executive committee. Provides that any action taken by the executive committee may only be overruled by a vote of 85% of the full court sitting at the time the vote is taken. Removes a requirement that the executive committee requires the approval of two-thirds of the judges to determine the number of judicial officers and personnel required to serve the court. Provides that the judge of the circuit court has exclusive authority to appoint commissioners or magistrates allocated to the circuit court. Amends how magistrates and commissioners are appointed. Specifies that the executive committee has final authority for all employment decisions regarding commissioners and magistrates. Repeals a provision that allows the presiding judge to appoint a magistrate and allows the executive committee to appoint 28 magistrates. Requires a voting member of the justice reinvestment advisory council to cast a vote in person. Requires that, in a county having a consolidated city, the chief judge or a judge appointed by the chief judge be the chair of the local justice reinvestment advisory council. Provides that a local or regional advisory council may only take action upon the affirmative vote of the members and a member must cast a vote in person. Makes conforming changes.

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 (S) (committee substitute) — source
4. Introduced House Bill (H) (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HB 1033 - Carrasco - 3rd Reading — 39–9 (pass) · upper
• HB 1033 - Carrasco - 2nd Reading — 9–40 (fail) · upper
• HB 1033 - Lopez — 59–27 (pass) · lower
• HB 1033 - Lopez - 3rd Reading — 88–2 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Cyndi Carrasco — primary (person)
• Danny Lopez — primary (person)
• Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
• Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2025-12-01 Coauthored by Representatives Jeter, Steuerwald
• 2025-12-01 First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code reading-1, referral-committee
• 2025-12-01 Authored by Representative Lopez
• 2025-12-02 Reassigned to Committee on Judiciary
• 2026-01-12 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-01-13 Representative Garcia Wilburn added as coauthor
• 2026-01-15 Second reading: ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-01-20 Senate sponsor: Senator Carrasco
• 2026-01-20 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 52: yeas 88, nays 2 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-01-21 Referred to the Senate referral
• 2026-01-26 First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary reading-1, referral-committee
• 2026-02-19 Committee report: amend do pass, adopted committee-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #8 (Taylor G) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #3 (Qaddoura) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #7 (Taylor G) failed; voice vote amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #9 (Carrasco) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #5 (Freeman) prevailed; voice vote amendment-passage
• 2026-02-23 Amendment #4 (Qaddoura) failed; Roll Call 210: yeas 9, nays 40 amendment-failure, failure
• 2026-02-23 Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed reading-2
• 2026-02-24 Representative Garcia Wilburn removed as coauthor
• 2026-02-24 Returned to the House with amendments receipt
• 2026-02-24 Third reading: passed; Roll Call 228: yeas 39, nays 9 passage, reading-3, reading-3
• 2026-02-25 Motion to concur filed filing
• 2026-02-26 House concurred with Senate amendments; Roll Call 389: yeas 59, nays 27
• 2026-02-26 Signed by the Speaker passage
• 2026-03-04 Public Law 76 became-law
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President Pro Tempore passage
• 2026-03-04 Signed by the Governor executive-signature
• 2026-02-27 Signed by the President of the Senate passage

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d63a550e-b0a9-43f0-9173-383ba24fabcf. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).