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type: "Bill"
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title: "Town and city court judges."
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description: "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 not been previously agreed to by a general assembly."
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jurisdiction: "us/states/in"
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legislature: "Indiana General Assembly"
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session: "2023"
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identifier: "HJR 6"
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citation: "Indiana HJR 6 (2023)"
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classification: ["joint resolution"]
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subjects: ["CITIES AND TOWNS", "JUDGES"]
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status: "enacted"
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primary_sponsors: ["Aaron Freeman", "Eric Koch", "Mike Aylesworth"]
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version_count: 4
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action_count: 18
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vote_count: 1
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first_action: "2023-01-19"
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last_action: "2023-04-26"
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source: "openstates"
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source_identifier: "ocd-bill/dd6f1214-28b1-4eca-9e2c-5dc5f237eb62"
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source_url: "http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2023/resolutions/house/joint/6"
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source_hash: "f36288d4910b1bfe1abae399ded19ea6b5b0c0312e296135a4314cf8c09661a1"
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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 HJR 6 (2023) — Town and city court judges.
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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 not been previously agreed to by a general assembly.
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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. **Enrolled House Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HJ0006/versions/HJ0006.04.ENRS)
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2. **House Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HJ0006/versions/HJ0006.02.COMH)
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3. **House Resolution (S)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HJ0006/versions/HJ0006.03.COMS)
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4. **Introduced House Resolution (H)** (committee substitute) — [source](http://in-proxy.openstates.org/2023/bills/HJ0006/versions/HJ0006.01.INTR)
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## Votes
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- HJR 6 - Koch - 3rd Reading — **48–0** (pass) · upper
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## Sponsors
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- Aaron Freeman — primary (person)
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- Eric Koch — primary (person)
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- Mike Aylesworth — primary (person)
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- Chris Jeter — coauthor (person)
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- Sharon Negele — coauthor (person)
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## Timeline
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The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
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- **2023-01-19** Authored by Representative Aylesworth
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- **2023-01-19** First reading: referred to Committee on Courts and Criminal Code `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-02-16** Committee report: amend do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-02-16** Representatives Negele and Jeter C added as coauthors
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- **2023-02-20** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-02-21** Senate sponsor: Senator Koch
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- **2023-02-21** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 197: yeas 90, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-02-22** Referred to the Senate `referral`
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- **2023-02-28** First reading: referred to Committee on Local Government `reading-1, referral-committee`
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- **2023-03-20** Committee report: do pass, adopted `committee-passage`
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- **2023-03-23** Second reading: ordered engrossed `reading-2`
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- **2023-03-23** Senator Freeman added as second sponsor
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- **2023-03-28** Third reading: passed; Roll Call 263: yeas 48, nays 0 `passage, reading-3, reading-3`
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- **2023-03-29** Returned to the House without amendments `receipt`
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- **2023-04-03** Signed by the Speaker `passage`
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- **2023-04-04** Signed by the President Pro Tempore `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Signed by the President of the Senate `passage`
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- **2023-04-26** Public Law 254 `became-law`
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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/dd6f1214-28b1-4eca-9e2c-5dc5f237eb62`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Indiana legislature records).
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