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type: "Bill"
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title: "Small claims court procedures."
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description: "Provides that a small claims court has jurisdiction over claims that do not exceed $10,000."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2021"
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identifier: "HB 1110"
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citation: "Indiana HB 1110 (2021)"
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classification: ["bill"]
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subjects: ["CRIMES AND OFFENSES", "Criminal Courts and Court Procedures", "SMALL CLAIMS COURTS"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Chris Garten", "Mark Messmer", "Scott Baldwin", "Steve Bartels"]
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version_count: 6
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action_count: 23
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2021-01-07"
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last_action: "2021-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/97b5a4ab-a5e0-45a9-9d6a-0e6b51f4f5ad"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2021/bills/house/1110"
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source_hash: "ae29eb87e63fb2a784e1a30e8d1903f7d827cb5f3bdcb9c33aa10e9f0ea0d666"
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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 HB 1110 (2021) — Small claims court procedures.
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Provides that a small claims court has jurisdiction over claims that do not exceed $10,000.
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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 House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1110/versions/HB1110.04.ENGS)
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2. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1110/versions/HB1110.06.ENRS)
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3. **Enrolled House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1110/versions/HB1110.05.ENRS)
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4. **House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1110/versions/HB1110.02.COMH)
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5. **House Bill (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1110/versions/HB1110.03.COMS)
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6. **Introduced House Bill (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2021/bills/HB1110/versions/HB1110.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HB 1110 - Bartels - 3rd Reading — **78–19** (pass) · lower
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## Sponsors
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- Chris Garten — primary (person)
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- Mark Messmer — primary (person)
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- Scott Baldwin — primary (person)
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- Steve Bartels — primary (person)
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- Heath VanNatter — coauthor (person)
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- Jerry Torr — coauthor (person)
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- Lonnie Randolph — cosponsor (person)
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- Wendy McNamara — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2021-01-07** Authored by Representative Bartels
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- **2021-01-07** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-02-11** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-02-15** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-02-17** Senate sponsors: Senators Baldwin, Garten, Messmer
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- **2021-02-17** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 178: yeas 78, nays 19 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-02-17** Representatives Torr, McNamara, VanNatter added as coauthors
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- **2021-02-18** Referred to the Senate
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- **2021-02-24** First reading: referred to Committee on Judiciary `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2021-04-01** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2021-04-05** Amendment #1 (Brown L) prevailed; voice vote `amendment-failure, amendment-passage`
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- **2021-04-05** Second reading: amended, ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2021-04-06** Pursuant to Senate Rule 35 (c); technical correction committee report adopted
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- **2021-04-06** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 351: yeas 50, nays 0 `passage, reading-3`
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- **2021-04-06** Senator Randolph added as cosponsor
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- **2021-04-07** Returned to the House with amendments `amendment-failure`
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- **2021-04-12** Motion to concur filed
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- **2021-04-13** Signed by the Speaker
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- **2021-04-13** House concurred in Senate amendments; Roll Call 417: yeas 81, nays 10 `amendment-failure`
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- **2021-04-22** Signed by the President Pro Tempore
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- **2021-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate
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- **2021-04-26** Signed by the Governor `executive-signature`
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- **2021-04-26** Public Law 125
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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/97b5a4ab-a5e0-45a9-9d6a-0e6b51f4f5ad`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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