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type: "Bill"
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title: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning courts and court officers."
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description: "A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning courts and court officers."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2018"
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identifier: "SB 238"
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citation: "Indiana SB 238 (2018)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["COURTS generally", "INDIANAPOLIS", "SUPREME COURT AND COURT OFFICERS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Gregory Steuerwald", "Rodric Bray"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 30
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vote_count: 2
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first_action: "2018-01-03"
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last_action: "2018-03-21"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/cd47d790-cf85-40ab-a07b-e1e43985a982"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2018/bills/senate/238"
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source_hash: "c35775f9af74f53817f6ddff00d08825bed58e269860bf9e33b820f44a10bf1e"
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vintage: "2026-07-01"
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source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
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retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
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confidence: "reported"
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tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
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---
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# Indiana SB 238 (2018) — A BILL FOR AN ACT to amend the Indiana Code concerning courts and court officers.
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## Version chain
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The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
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1. **Engrossed Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0238/versions/sb0238.05.engh)
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2. **Enrolled Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0238/versions/sb0238.06.enrh)
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3. **Introduced Senate Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0238/versions/sb0238.01.intr)
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4. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0238/versions/sb0238.04.comh)
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5. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0238/versions/sb0238.02.coms)
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6. **Senate Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2018/bills/sb0238/versions/sb0238.03.comh)
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## Votes
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- SB 238 - Steuerwald - 3rd Reading — **94–0** (pass) · legislature
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- SB 238 - Bray - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · legislature
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Gregory Steuerwald — primary (person)
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- Rodric Bray — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — coauthor (person)
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- Ryan Hatfield — cosponsor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2018-01-03** Authored by Senator Bray
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- **2018-01-03** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2018-02-05** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-05** Senator Freeman added as second author
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- **2018-02-05** Senator Koch added as coauthor
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- **2018-02-05** Senator Randolph added as coauthor
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- **2018-02-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 171: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-02-06** House sponsor: Representative Steuerwald
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- **2018-02-07** Referred to the House
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- **2018-02-12** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-20** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2018-02-20** Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means pursuant to House Rule 127 `referral-committee`
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- **2018-02-22** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2018-02-22** Representative Hatfield added as cosponsor
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- **2018-02-26** Amendment #1 (Steuerwald) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-passage, amendment-failure`
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- **2018-02-26** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2018-02-27** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 236: yeas 94, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
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- **2018-02-28** Returned to the Senate with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-03-06** Motion to concur filed
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- **2018-03-07** Senate concurred in House amendments; Roll Call 358: yeas 46, nays 1 `amendment-failure`
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- **2018-03-12** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
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- **2018-03-13** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
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- **2018-03-13** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the House
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- **2018-03-14** Joint Rule 20 technical correction adopted by the Senate
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- **2018-03-15** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2018-03-19** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2018-03-20** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2018-03-21** Public Law 161
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- **2018-03-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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## Source
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OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/cd47d790-cf85-40ab-a07b-e1e43985a982`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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