republic-os/legislation/us/states/in/2020/hb-1313.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Courts and family law matters."
description: "Provides that a magistrate has the same powers as a judge, except the power of judicial mandate. Repeals certain sections that enumerate the powers for magistrates. Repeals the judicial technology oversight committee. Increases the filing limit for the small claims docket to not more than $8,000 (rather than $6,000, under current law). Provides that the Marion County court will divide the work of the court into various divisions, including but not limited to the following: (1) Civil. (2) Criminal. (3) Family. Provides that the Marion County court shall hold session in the: (1) community justice campus in Indianapolis; and (2) other places in Marion County as the court determines. Provides that a relocating individual who is party to a custody order or parenting time order is not required to file a notice of intent to move with the clerk of the court if: (1) the relocation has been addressed by a prior court order; or (2) the relocation will: (A) result in a decrease in the distance between the relocating individual's residence and the nonrelocating individual's residence; or (B) result in an increase of not more than 20 miles in the distance between the relocating individual's residence and the nonrelocating individual's residence. Makes conforming amendments."
jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
session: "2020"
identifier: "HB 1313"
citation: "Indiana HB 1313 (2020)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["COUNTY COURTS", "CHILDREN AND MINORS", "Child Support", "Custody", "and Visitation", "MAGISTRATE COURTS", "INDIANAPOLIS"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Eric Koch", "John Young", "Michael Young"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 22
vote_count: 2
first_action: "2020-01-14"
last_action: "2020-03-30"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b889077f-00fb-44ef-a016-b29034cbb4d0"
source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2020/bills/house/1313"
source_hash: "f751436998c551001ba53882166013c77ffe66460c6910fa330da40fe4f2a51d"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-in"]
---

# Indiana HB 1313 (2020) — Courts and family law matters.

Provides that a magistrate has the same powers as a judge, except the power of judicial mandate. Repeals certain sections that enumerate the powers for magistrates. Repeals the judicial technology oversight committee. Increases the filing limit for the small claims docket to not more than $8,000 (rather than $6,000, under current law). Provides that the Marion County court will divide the work of the court into various divisions, including but not limited to the following: (1) Civil. (2) Criminal. (3) Family. Provides that the Marion County court shall hold session in the: (1) community justice campus in Indianapolis; and (2) other places in Marion County as the court determines. Provides that a relocating individual who is party to a custody order or parenting time order is not required to file a notice of intent to move with the clerk of the court if: (1) the relocation has been addressed by a prior court order; or (2) the relocation will: (A) result in a decrease in the distance between the relocating individual's residence and the nonrelocating individual's residence; or (B) result in an increase of not more than 20 miles in the distance between the relocating individual's residence and the nonrelocating individual's residence. Makes conforming amendments.

## Version chain

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

1. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1313/versions/HB1313.04.ENRS)
2. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1313/versions/HB1313.03.COMS)
3. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1313/versions/HB1313.02.COMH)
4. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2020/bills/HB1313/versions/HB1313.01.INTR)

## Votes

- HB 1313 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
- HB 1313 - Young J - 3rd Reading — **97–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Eric Koch — primary (person)
- John Young — primary (person)
- Michael Young — primary (person)
- Gregory Steuerwald — coauthor (person)
- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2020-01-14** Coauthored by Representative Steuerwald
- **2020-01-14** Authored by Representative Young J
- **2020-01-14** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-01-23** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-01-27** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-01-28** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
- **2020-01-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 105: yeas 97, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-01-29** Referred to the Senate
- **2020-02-17** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
- **2020-02-27** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
- **2020-03-02** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
- **2020-03-02** Senator Young M added as second sponsor
- **2020-03-02** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
- **2020-03-03** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 311: yeas 48, nays 0 `reading-3, passage`
- **2020-03-04** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-05** Motion to concur filed
- **2020-03-09** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 332: yeas 76, nays 0 `amendment-failure`
- **2020-03-10** Signed by the Speaker
- **2020-03-12** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
- **2020-03-18** Signed by the President of the Senate
- **2020-03-21** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
- **2020-03-30** Public Law 162

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b889077f-00fb-44ef-a016-b29034cbb4d0`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).